212 Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 
Taking the collection by localities, it may be divided as 
follows:— 
Little Namaqualand . 
68 
species, 
370 examples. 
Capetown district . 
48 
}} 
157 
Knysna district . 
81 
) i 
283 
Natal and Zululand . 
187 
}) 
778 
Transvaal . 
263 
)) 
1167 
)} 
Portuguese East Africa... 
122 
)) 
772 
)) 
The new species are eight 
in number : 
six of 
these have 
been already described, by Sharpe, Grant and myself in the 
Bulletin of the B.O.C.; they are as follows:— Pyrenestes 
granti Sharpe, Heteronyx ruddi, Cinnyris neergaardi, Apalis 
ruddi, and Sphenceacus transvaalensis Grant, and Apalis 
claudei W. Scl. 
Two additional subspecies, Pratincola torquata orientalis 
and Cossypha caffra namaquensis , are here described for the 
first time. 
Fourteen species previously only known from East Africa 
or elsewhere have been added to the Avifauna of South Africa; 
some of these were also recorded by Grant in the aforesaid 
Bulletin. The following is a complete list of them :— Pytelia 
afra, Quelea erythrops , Mirafra rufocinnamomea , Mirafra 
zombce, Cinnyris verreauxi jischeri, Sigmodus scopifrcns , Batis 
puella soror, Chcetura bohmi, Merops super ciliosus, Campothera 
malherbei fulleborni, Turacus reiclienowi, Vinago wakefieldi, 
Chalcopelia afra (as now restricted to the Blue-spotted Dove), 
and Francolinus granti. 
In addition there are included examples of a number of 
exceedingly interesting and rare species previously unrepre¬ 
sented or very inadequately represented in the National 
Collection. 
This is, without doubt, the most important and extensive 
single collection of South-African birds which has ever been 
made, and I may perhaps be allowed to congratulate Mr. 
Grant on the success of his efforts and Mr. Charles Rudd 
for his most generous subvention which made the expedition 
possible. 
I have to thank Mr. Ogilvie-Grant for allowing me the 
