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the old holes ; Meathly and Towanni, the same, but in the 
former the water lies rather deeper; Lotsani, uncertain, and 
not to be got by digging, just before we were there a shower 
had filled up one or two holes; Palatzi, a water-hole below 
the road, also uncertain ; Serule, generally water, but at a 
great depth, it has a most unpleasant smell, which seems to 
go off after a time; Gooqui, water close to the road ; Lotla- 
kani, no water; Skribe, Mackloetze, and Shashai, water to be 
had easily by digging; Tatti, water some distance down the 
river from the road; Ramaqueban, water near the road, to 
be had by digging ; Imquisi, water to be got by digging, but 
rather deep; Dry River, water very deep down, we got ours 
out of some holes dug by elephants; Samouqui, water in plenty. 
The nomenclature adopted for the Accipitres is that of 
Mr. Sharpe's recently published f Catalogue of Birds in the 
British Museum, vol. i. (1874) : that for the other families 
is taken from the same gentleman's f Catalogue of African 
Birds' (1871), or Mr. Layard's f Birds of South Africa' 
(1867), unless stated to the contrary. 
Gyps kolbii (Daud.). 
Not a very common species, and I never saw more than a 
pair together. They frequent wooded districts and breed in 
trees. After much difficulty and tearing my cloths and hands, 
I took an egg out of a large nest in a mimosa-tree from which 
the hen flew off. I fired at her, but, as she went some dis¬ 
tance before dropping, I did not get her. The egg resembles 
that of V. cinereus. 
Gyps rueppelli, Brehm. 
Extremely common from Natal up to the Matabili country. 
On the high veldt of the Transvaal they seem to understand 
that the report of a rifle means something to eat; and while 
skinning an animal I have had a cloud of these birds waiting 
about one hundred yards off until I finished and left them 
the carcass. 
Neophron percnopterus (L.). 
I saw a few of these birds; but they were very scarce in 
comparison with the Griffons, 
