"syllables 'cral, cral,' repeated several times, and Is uttere<l wl.cn tl.p. Mnl Is -lisliirl.':-! or 
"preparing to fly." 
Mr. Gurney has very kindly given us the following note on the hahils u[ tli(; i-rescnt 
bird. They accompanied a specimen sent by Mr. Thomas Ayres from Potchefslroo.n to 
Mr. Gurney : 
" This specimen was shot amongst the trees on the banks of the river llemlpopo, and 
was apparently a solitary bird. It proved on dissection to be a male, arul the stoniuch 
"contained insects and fruits. The bill when fresh was pale green." 
Our plate, description, and measurements, are taken from a fine specimen in Mr. R. B. 
Sharpe's collection, from Transvaal. 
