AFRICA. 
along the banks of the rivulet, which pro- 
bably, after rn^ny windings, joined the rlv^er 
Groot-Vis ; and I had the good fortune to 
kill a bird of the cuckoo kind, which to me 
was new and uncommon. Notwithflanding 
Its affinity to that of which I have already 
fpoken, and which BufFon defcribes under 
the name of the green and golden cuckoo of 
the Cape, I have ftrong reafons for making 
it another fpecies : its note, befides, Is en- 
tirely different. The female, more cunning 
than the male, made me lofe a crreat deal 
of time In purfuing her, while by her tricks, 
which I might compare to thofe of a co- 
quette, file every moment feemed to become 
lefs (hy, in order to deceive my hopes the 
more. When 1 thought I had hold of her, 
flie inftantly flew to the diftance of ten paces, 
to renew her provoking fport : at length, af- 
ter amufing me in this manner for an hour, 
flie retired to the thickeft part of the wood, 
and I was obliged to return after having 
fpent my labour in vain. 
Juft as I reached my camp, one of my 
hunters had arrived there with a gnou 
which he had killed. Colonel Gordon was 
A fpecies of antelope, . 
the 
