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the Birds of St. Lucia Lake , Zulnland. 
feeding-ground beyond the drift. Their cry is loud and harsh. 
They looked very picturesque, flying over the lake in their 
accustomed wedge-like formation. 
Phcenicopterus minor. (South African Flamingo.) 
Phamicopterus erythreeus , Sharpe, ed. Layard’s B. S. Afr. 
p. 744. 
This bird was fairly plentiful, but kept well out of range 
of our fowling-pieces. Mr. Lindfield, of the Mission, shot one 
with his rifle, which we preserved. 
Phalacrocorax africanus. (Long-tailed Cormorant.) 
Op. cit. p. 781. 
We found this bird very tame, generally sitting on stumps 
of trees in the water, often with its wflngs spread out to dry. 
On the opposite side of the Lake there was a colony of them 
nesting in the month of June. 
P. lucidus (op. cit. p. 779) was also abundant and had the 
same habits. 
Plotus leyaillanti. (African Darter.) 
Op. cit. p. 782. 
This bird was constantly seen swimming on the water, with 
its head and neck only visible. 
Parra africana. (African Jacana.) 
Op. cit. p. 648. 
Very common. They seem to be generally engaged chasing 
each other through the air, or running over the flat leaves of 
the blue lotus. 
We also saw Black Bails ( Limnocorax niger) } Purple 
Gallinules ( Porphyrio smaragdonotus), two sorts of Ibises 
(Ibis cethiopica and Geronticus hagedash), and many Ducks, 
besides Plovers and Sandpipers. 
