408 Mr. T. Ayres on the Ornithology of Transvaal. 
wliite^ as in the adult bird, the green on these feathers as¬ 
suming the form of longitudinal marks; the entire breast is 
barred transversely with markings of a similar colour on a 
white ground, instead of being wholly white, as in the adult. 
The female mentioned above seems also to be in partially 
immature dress, all the quill-feathers of the wings and tail 
being more or less variegated by hepatic spots; the throat 
and head show traces of dark green markings similar to those 
on the same parts in the immature mule previously referred 
to; but in the present specimen these have nearly disappeared, 
and the remainder of the plumage resembles that of the adult 
male, with the exception of a slight tinge of coppery brown, 
extending over the upper part and sides of the head and 
neck, the lesser wing-coverts, the throat, and the breast.—- 
J. H. G.]. 
CoccYSTES sERRATi/s (Sparrm.). Crested Black Cuckoo. 
Male, shot 3rd November on the rocky ranges near Pot- 
chefstroom. It was one of a pair, of which the other bird, 
presumably the female, was excessively noisy. The stomach 
of the bird sent contained caterpillars. 
CisTicoLA TiNNiENs (Licht.). Le VaillanPs Fantail. 
[It would seem that the males of this species are more 
readily obtained than the females for of twelve dissected 
specimens forwarded to Mr. Ayres, ten are marked as males 
and only two as females. A specimen ticketed by Mr. Ayres 
as male immature, shot I9th December,^^ is much less 
dark on the upper surface than the adult birds, and bears 
a striking resemblance to C. chiniana^ from which, however, 
it may be readily distinguished by the darker colour of the 
rectrices, and especially of the central pair, which are blackish 
brown, edged and tipped with paler wood-brown.—J. H. G.]. 
Beadypterus brachypterus (Vieill.). Pavaneur Eeed- 
W arbler. 
Male and female, shot near Potchefstroom on the 12th and 
I9th of December, the appearance of the abdomen in the 
female indicating that she was a sitting bird. 
At this season the loud and harsh call-notes of this bird 
