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90. FRANCOLINUS NUDICOLLIS. 
I procured this bird in the district of Lydenburg and in 
Chalumna district, British Kaffraria, always in the thick bush, 
where their loud cackling note is heard during the greater part 
of the early morning. 
91. FRANCOLINUS NATALENSIS. 
I shot one near Rustenberg in the thick brushwood : it 
ran rapidly for some time before we could get a shot at it. 
92. FRANCOLINUS SWAINSONI. 
This species I observed on my route between Lydenburg 
and the Gold-fields. ‘They appear to be fond of water, espe- 
cially small streams, where they are found at early morn. 
At night they frequent the dead brushwood, and the open 
in the daytime. I am not certain whether I observed them 
on my trip to Rustenberg; but I have received specimens 
from Macamac. 
93. ANTHROPOIDES STANLEYANUS. 
The Stanley Crane is generally distributed throughout the 
Transvaal and Free State; and I have met with it in great 
quantities between Bloemfontein and Potchefstroom. Inthe 
winter I have seen as many as fifty in a flock, besides many 
more in the neighbouring vleys; they are difficult to ap- 
proach, but they can be shot with a rifle. They breed in the 
reeds, and I have received eggs from the district of Potchef- 
stroom. Their long drooping feathers are readily bought by 
traders from up the country, who sell or exchange them to 
the native tribes. They become very tame in confinement, 
and will eat out of the hand, and follow one about. I have 
never shot them further north than within a few miles 
south of Lydenburg. 
94. BALEARICA REGULORUM. 
In the district of Potchefstroom this bird is not at all un- 
common. I have seen them between Bloemfontein, Potchef- 
stroom, and Pretoria. In the winter they may be seen half 
a dozen together ; but in the time of nidification they are only 
found in pairs. I have never found two pairs breeding to- 







