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Ornithology of Transvaal. 
total length 46 inches, wing 25, tail 14, bill from gape 4|, 
tarsus 10; it was shot 25th October, and had the pouch very 
apparent, commencing at the base of the tongue, where it 
was some three inches wide, and extending about five inches 
down the throat in the form of an isosceles triangle. 
[Mr. E. C. Buxton informs me that he shot one of these 
Bustards, near the Lambomba Mountains, which weighed 
“ nearly 40 lb.”—J. H. G.] 
209. Eupodotis afroides (Smith). Black-and-white¬ 
winged Bustard. 
[I suspect that in this species the male is subject to a sea¬ 
sonal change, and only assumes the dress represented in Sir 
A. Smithes figure (pi. 19. fig. a) at the approach of the breed¬ 
ing-season. Of two males sent by Mr. Ayres, one shot 31st 
January is in very nearly full dress, but the other, killed on 
4th May, is evidently in change, having a large portion of its 
plumage like that of the female, and apparently having been 
killed while in the course of assuming a dress resembling that 
of the hen bird.—J. H. G.] 
Cursorius rufus, Gould. BurchelFs Courser. 
Male. Bill dusky, but the under mandible pale at the base; 
irides very dark hazel ; tarsi and feet white. 
This species breeds in November on the open flats outside 
the town of Potchefstroom. 
[Mr. Ayres forwards one specimen killed in November, and 
two killed, in June, the former of which was labelled as fol¬ 
lows :—“ 18th November. A small mound of sand and gravel; 
eggs placed in a small depression in the centre; two eggs much 
incubated.—J. H. G.] 
Cursorius bicinctus, Temm. Double-collared Courser. 
Male. Shot near Potchefstroom 29th March. Bill black ; 
irides dark hazel; tarsi and feet white. 
This is a much scarcer bird than C. rufus. 
Glareola nordmanni, Fisch. NordmamPs Pratincole. 
Bill black, with the base and the edges of the mandibles 
red ; tarsi and feet dusky; one specimen sent, shot 1st of 
October. 
