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tities about the mimosa thorns, and their call could be heard 
the whole day. I have also shot them at Rustenberg, Pot- 
chefstroom, and Pretoria. 
30. CoccysTES GLANDARIUS. 
I shot this bird in November 1874, on the Modder river, 
also near Potchefstroom. They are more shy than C. ya- 
cobinus. 
31. CoccysTESs JACOBINUS. 
_ These birds seem to have a pretty general range ; for I found 
them on the Modder and Vaal rivers, at Potchefstroom, and | 
Rustenberg ; and I think I saw two in the bush near Pretoria. 
I have shot them in December, January, and February. They 
seem to be more common than C. glandarius and the other 
Cuckoos ; at least it was so in 1874 and 1875 at Potchef- 
stroom and through the Transvaal. 
382. PoGoNORHYNCHUS TORQUATUS. 
I have observed these birds near Pretoria and in Kaffraria. 
I shot several near Rustenberg, where they abound, especially 
about the fruit gardens ; they have a harsh disagreeable note. 


33. PoGoNORHYNCHUS LEUCOMELAS. 
I have often seen this Barbet in the Transvaal, and have 
also received it from Marico. It appears to feed on fruit 
and berries. 
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34, TRACHYPHONUS CAFER. 
This remarkable-looking bird I first observed in the bush 
under the mountains at Rustenberg, where I shot one from 
a tree, only wounding it, when it ran away on theground, I 7 
secured it after some trouble. : 


35. DENDROPICUS CARDINALIS. 
I have seen a few of these birds and shot one on the Rhi- 
noster river, south of the Vaal, and have also received it 
from Marico. 


36. DENDROPICUS MENSTRUUS. 
I have received this species from Marico, in the Transvaal ; 
and I have seen it at the Macamac Gold-fields, near Rusten- 





