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Female. Total length 64 inches, bill +%, tarsus $, wing 3,4, 
tail 24. 
[The specimen sent appears to be the ordinary Cape form, 
and not the smaller race which occurs in Natal (conf. Ibis, 
1869, p. 295).—J. H. G.] 
38. MrIraFRa AFRICANA, Smith (=planicola, Licht.). Plain- 
loving Lark. 
Sparsely distributed in the Lydenburg district, where it is 
found singly or in pairs, frequenting the open grassy 
country. 
39. CoryTHAIx mMuUSOPHAGA (Dub.). White-crested Plan- 
tain-eater. 
These birds are common in all the forests of the mountains 
on the eastern slope; they are frequently so noisy that one 
cannot help finding them, but at other times so silent and 
quiet that I have often sat for an hour under a densely fo- 
liaged tree without being aware that they were close above 
me, till my attention was at last attracted by a small berry 
or two falling from the tree, or perhaps by the slightest rustle 
amongst the leaves overhead. On such occasions it is pretty 
easy, by keeping quiet, to get a shot. 
Male. Irides hazel; eyelids bright crimson; bill a darker 
crimson ; tarsi and feet black. 
40. Mrsopicus MENnstRuus (Scop.). Olivaceous Wood- 
pecker. 
These Woodpeckers are not uncommon in the forests of 
the Gold-fields, and are invariably found in pairs; and if one 
is shot the other will not leave the spot, but for some days is 
to be found close by, still looking for its lost mate. 
_ 41. Coccystrs sacoBinus (Bodd.). Black-and-white Cuckoo. 
During both the seasons when we were at the Gold-fields 
a few of these noisy Cuckoos appeared there in the spring, 
and were evidently breeding, though we could not find the | 
nests in which they laid. 
Male. Iris dusky; bill black ; tarsi and feet dusky ash- 
colour. Contents of stomach caterpillars and other insects. 


