THE IBIS. 
SEVENTH SERIES. 
No. XXII. APRIL 1900. 
XIII. —Notes on Mashonaland Birds. 
By Guy A. K. Marshall, F.Z.S. 
The ornithology of Mashonaland appears to have received 
comparatively little attention since our veteran ornithologist 
Mr. Thomas Ayres, of Potchefstroom, accompanied the 
Jameson expedition down the Umfuli river nearly 20 years 
ago, and I therefore venture to offer a somewhat fuller list 
of the birds of this country, as the result of intermittent 
observations since 1893. The list, however, does not profess 
to be by any means complete, for, apart from the fact that 
I am unable to obtain access to the necessary books of 
reference, it is evident that there must be a considerable 
number of species still unrecorded, owing to the limited area 
that has been thoroughly searched. But the present paper 
may, perhaps, be useful as a basis for future workers. 
The great majority of the birds here mentioned have been 
obtained in the neighbourhood of Salisbury, which has been 
fairly well worked, thanks to the assistance of my friend 
Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton, who has devoted a good deal of 
time to the subject during the past year. Apart from this, 
I made a small collection on the Middle Umfuli in 1895, and 
have also obtained a few examples about the township of 
I Mazoe, some 25 miles north of Salisbury. In the other 
portions of Mashonaland which I have visited, I have merely 
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