INTRODUCTION 
We herewith present to students of South African Ornithology 
our 44 Check-list of South African Birds ”, with all additions and 
revisions up to date. We have adopted Dr. Reichenow’s 44 Vogel 
Afrikas” as the foundation of this list, as his is the only complete 
modern work on African Ornithology, and as he has evidently 
bestowed much time and care on the subject of the nomenclature 
of South African birds. Where we have cause to differ from 
Dr. Reichenow’s conclusions we have added in the Appendix 
explanatory notes ; as is also the case with all additions to the 
Avifauna of South Africa since Mr. Sclater’s Check-list was 
published. 
Species remarked upon in the Appendix are prefixed with an 
asterisk. 
The boundary taken is roughly the 16° of S. Lat., viz., a line 
formed by the Cunene River on the east and the Zambesi River 
on the west ; continued to the coast on the 16° of S. Lat., and not 
by the great southward bend of the river, which makes the 
boundary range from 15° to 19° S. Lat. 
