Mr. T. Ayres on the Ornithology of Transvaal. 301 
rather than to A. podiceps. One of these was obtained in the 
Cape Colony by the late Sir A. Smith; the exact locality of 
the other is unknown.—J. H. G.] 
—Numenius PHiEOPUS (Linn.). Common Whimbrel. 
[Mr. Ayres has forwarded the specimen recorded in ^ The 
Ibis ^ for 1877, p. 350 ; and I am therefore now able to con¬ 
firm his identification of it.—J. H. G.] 
Totanus glareola (Linn.). Wood-Sandpiper. 
Female, shot 21st January, at Potchefstroom, amongst a 
flock of Chera progne, three of which were killed at the same 
shot. The stomach contained insects. 
303. Tringa minuta, Leisl. Little Stint. 
Male, shot at Potchefstroom, 10th April. 
Female, shot there, 23rd October. 
[The male bird, shot on the 10th of April, is just com¬ 
mencing the assumption of its breeding-dress j the female, 
shot on the 23rd of October, has almost entirely lost it.— 
J. H. G.] 
Gallinago iEQUATORiALis, Eupp. AMcan Snipe. 
Female, shot 14th July. 
I shot this bird in mid air, in the act of making that 
curious neighing noise with the rapid beat of the wings which, 
till then, I always thought was produced by the cock bird 
only. 
These Snipes are now commencing to breed. 
Limnocorax NIGER (Gmcl.). Black Crake. 
Female, shot at Potchefstroom, 12th June. Total length 
inches. Irides bright crimson; eyelids rose-red; bill 
light greenish yellow; tarsi and feet deep rose-red. 
The colours of the bill, tarsi, and feet are most beautifully 
vivid. All these beautiful little water-birds—Bails, Water- 
hens, &c.—seem now to be in tip-top plumage, uttering their 
quaint notes and chasing each other about amongst the reeds 
and sedges. 
