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confess that I found it difficult to praise and to reprimand, with the 
same breath. 
Once, when I desired him to bring me a specimen from the 
large thorn trees at Groote-doorn, and the blossom of the common 
acacia, he came loaded with two branches as large as he could carry. 
On this occasion, my reluctance to throw so fine a plant away, in- 
duced me to put into the press a greater number of specimens than 
my own herbarium required. Among the number of interesting birds 
procured here, was that singular one the Spoonbill. This is said by 
the natives to be a bird of very rare occurrence ; and indeed it was 
never, during the whole of my travels, met with but this once. 
29th. During the time we were stationed at Klaarwater, I ob- 
tained in the neighbourhood a variety of birds not seen before ; and 
some which proved perfectly new to the science *. We often 
* The following birds were met with at 
Klaarwater, and in the vicinity : — - 
Charadrius armatus, B. Fcem. — Nigra 
sunt, rostrum, occiput, gense, gula, 
pectus, dorsum, remiges, pedes, un- 
gues, et apices rectricum. Alba (vel 
nivea) sunt, pileus, nucha, abdomen, 
crissum, alarum tegmina inferiora, 
uropygium, et rectricum bases. Ci- 
nerece sunt alarum tegmina superiora 
omnia. Margines remigum, duobus 
extimis exceptis, ferrugineo tinctae. 
Irides pulchre sanguineas. Cauda 
eequalis vel subforficata remigibus bre- 
vior. Alulag spina acuta recurvata 
nigra brevis. Caput ne minime qui- 
dem cristatus. Longitude undecem 
poUices. Avis gregarius, habitans in 
uliginosis. 
SaxicoLa Le Traqiiet Fourmilier. 
Le V. pi. 186. 
Saxicola Le Traquet Mo7itagii- 
ard. Le V. pi. 184. 
Saxicola . Le Traquet Pdtre. Le 
V. pi. 180. f. 1. 
Sylvia . Le Griveti?i F Le Vaill. 
Ois. d'Afr. pi. 1 1 8. 
Tardus . Le Nabouroup. Le V. 
pi. 91. 
Orioliis artmdiiiarim, B. 
Merops Apiaster. ( Berg Zwalian-) 
Corviis albicollis ( Witte-hals KraaiJ 
Corvus scapularis 
Platalea nivea 
Milvus parasiticus ( Kuikendief J 
Falco Tinnunculus (Kleine lioodc Valk ) 
Lanius Colliirio 
Lanius atrococcinetis, B. 
Lanius foijicatus, Linn. Edolins, Ciiv. 
Hirundo Capensis 
Motacilla Capensis (KwiJcstaart ) 
Cucuhis auratus 
Caprimulgus pcctoralis 
Columba Capensis 
Columba risoria ( Tortel Duif) 
Columba Guineaisis ( Bosch Duif J 
Upupa Epops 
Vtdttir Percnoptcrus ( Witte Kraai) 
Vultur auricular is ? ( Zwart Aasvogel J 
Alauda ( Anthus) Cctpcnsis ( Wilde Kal- 
koentje ) 
