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Mr. F. A. Barratt's Notes on the Birds 
tities about the mimosa thorns,, and their call could be heard 
the whole day. I have also shot them at Rustenberg, Pot¬ 
chefstroom, and Pretoria. 
30. CoCCYSTES GLANDARIUS. 
I shot this bird in November 1874, on the Modder river, 
also near Potchefstroom. They are more shy than C. ja- 
cobinus. 
31. COCCYSTES JACOBINUS. 
These birds seem to have a pretty general range; for I found 
them on the Modder and Yaal rivers, at Potchefstroom, and 
Rustenberg; and I think I saw two in the bush near Pretoria. 
I have shot them in December, January, and February. They 
seem to be more common than C. glandarius and the other 
Cuckoos; at least it was so in 1874 and 1875 at Potchef¬ 
stroom and through the Transvaal. 
32. POGONORHYNCHTJS TORQUATUS. 
I have observed these birds near Pretoria and in Kaffraria. 
I shot several near Rustenberg, where they abound, especially 
about the fruit gardens ; they have a harsh disagreeable note. 
33. POGONORHYNCHTJS LEUCOMELAS. 
I have often seen this Barbet in the Transvaal, and have 
also received it from Marico. It appears to feed on fruit 
and berries. 
34. Trachyphonus cafer. 
This remarkable-looking bird I first observed in the bush 
under the mountains at Rustenberg, where I shot one from 
a tree, only wounding it, when it ran away on the ground. I 
secured it after some trouble. 
35. Dendropicus cardtnalis. 
I have seen a few of these birds and shot one on the Rhi- 
noster river, south of the Yaai, and have also received it 
from Marico. 
36. Dendropicus menstruus. 
I have received this species from Marico, in the Transvaal ; 
and I have seen it at the Macamac Gold-fields, near Rusten- 
