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Mr. E. C. Chubb on the Birds of 
27. Ardetta payesi. 
Ardetta payesi Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. iv. p. 86. 
a. $ . Jan. 11, 1908. 
28. Dendrocycna vidua ta. 
Dendrocygna viduata Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. iv. p. 124. 
a. <?. April 1, 1908. “Idada.” 
b- ¥ • „ 
29. Phalacrocorax apricanus. 
Phalacrocorax africanus Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. iv. p. 9. 
I have seen this bird several times at the Waterworks. 
30. Plotus RUFUS. 
Plotas rufus Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. iv. p. 13. 
*«. ? . Feb. 29, 1908. 
This specimen was shot while in company with one other 
at the Waterworks. 
31. Serpentarius secretarius. 
Serpentarius secretarius Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. iii. 
p. 402. 
“ Udwai.” 
Occasionally seen near the town, usually in pairs. A nest 
was found about four miles east of Bulawayo on July 20,1908. 
It was a loose platform of sticks, about twenty feet from 
the ground, in a tree known to the natives as “umlaladwai” 
(literally, “the sleeping-place of the Secretary Bird”). In 
the nest were the remains of a large snake and a pellet of 
fur; while on the ground beneath were found the skulls 
of a wild cat and a meerkat with numerous bones of hares. 
I examined the stomach of a female that had been shot as 
it left the nest and found therein bones and fur of mice, 
a large lizard and several small ones, and also a quantity of 
locusts. 
32. Gyps kolbii. 
Gyps kolbii Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. iii. p. 383. 
“ Ilinqi.” 
I saw a number of what I took to be these birds feeding 
on the carcase of a horse on the Commonage in March 1907. 
