212 Mr. F. A. BarratPs Notes on the Birds 
them near Bloemfontein, and I have observed them a few 
miles south of Pretoria. 
105. Glareola melanoptera. 
I have seen quantities of these birds among a flight of 
locusts, darting about and destroying thousands of them in a 
very short time. Have shot them near Pretoria, Transvaal, 
in 1874, also in March 1875. 
106. ClJRSORIUS BICINCTUS. 
I first found this little bird running rapidly along between 
the herbage growing on the flats near Sandy Biver, Orange 
Free State. I have often watched the waggon-drivers run 
after them with their whips ; and the birds would run a long 
way before flying, and then only for a few yards. I have seen 
them further north, but do not remember having seen them 
close to the Lydenburg Gold-fields. 
107. Hoplopterus armatus. 
In great abundance about Potchefstroom; and their con¬ 
tinual clicking makes more noise than all the other birds to¬ 
gether. I met with them in suitable places close to Lyden¬ 
burg and in the greater part of my journey from Bloem¬ 
fontein to the Gold-fields. I found them also on my trip to 
Bustenberg. 
108. GaLLINAGO iEQUATORIALIS. 
This Snipe is distributed through the greater part of the 
Transvaal; and they breed in considerable quantities in the 
swamp below Potchefstroom. In the winter months (May, 
June, and July) they appear in great numbers and are shot 
for forwarding to the Diamond-fields, where they command a 
fair price. 
109. Bhyncma capensis. 
This beautiful Snipe does not frequent the marshy ground 
about Potchefstroom in such great numbers as the last; as 
I have never known more than five or six to have been seen 
in a month or so. That is about the same place where one 
can see thousands of G. cequatorialis , which breed there; but 
I have never found the eggs of Rhiynchcea. 
