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by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 
visited, and was the commonest of the Crows in the Portu¬ 
guese country. It is usually found in pairs and, like the 
Raven, feeds upon almost everything. I found it breeding 
at the Cape, the nest being placed high up in a gum-tree, 
but no eggs had been laid up to the time I left. The cry is 
harsh.] 
3. CoRVUS CAPENSIS. 
CC. Klipfontein, Apl., May (5) ; Tv. Wakkerstroom, 
Mar., Apl. (12); Z. Umfolosi Station, July (1) ; Hluhluwe 
Stream, Aug. (1). 
Four eggs taken at Port Nolloth, Aug. 12, 1903. 
The Zululand Crows are on average slightly smaller than 
those from Namaqualand, and approach C. capensis minor 
from East and North-East Africa. The wing-measurements 
of the Namaqualand birds are all over 355 mm., while those 
of the Zululand birds are below it. 
[ u Swart-kraai ” of Colonists. 
The Cape Crow was noted everywhere, except in the 
Portuguese country. It is usually seen in pairs, and in 
many ways reminds one of the European Rook. A nest 
containing four eggs was taken in Namaqualand in August ; 
this was composed of sticks and placed on the top of a 
large bush. The female was put off, but she was too wild to 
secure.] 
5. Buphaga erythrorhyncha. 
Tv. Legogot, May (2) ; Klein Letaba, Aug. (1) ; Z. 
Sibudeni, Oct. (1), Jususie Valley, Dec. (3). 
\_“ Echlala-nyati ” of Zulus. 
Natal and Zululand, the Eastern and North-Eastern 
Transvaal, and the Beira district of the Portuguese country 
are the localities in which I have usually seen the Ox-pecker. 
It is generally found in pairs or threes, and always in the 
company of cattle and horses, feeding on the ticks which 
infest these animals, often pecking deep holes in the hide in 
extracting the ticks and thereby frequently doing more harm 
than good. Its actions when settled are graceful and 
gliding, while it is able to cling to any part of the animal 
