in the Lydenburg District of Transvaal. 433 
42. Cucutus sotitartius, Steph. Red-chested Cuckoo. 
My brother shot this bird on January 24 from a tree close 
to where he was digging; and this was the only individual we 
saw in that part of the country. It was sitting motionless, 
and much resembled a small Hawk. 
Male. Iris dark hazel; bill black, yellowish at the gape; 
eyelids, tarsi, and feet yellow. 
43. PeristTeRA LARVATA (Temm.). White-masked Dove. 
These Doves are pretty common in the dense bush and 
underwood of the kloofs; but more than two are seldom found 
together. They utter a low melancholy note, and are not very 
easy to shoot, as they are generally on the ground, and on 
the approach of any one are up in a great bustle and are im- 
mediately lost to sight. 
44. CURSORIUS SENEGALENSIS (Licht.). Senegal Courser. 
Scarce in this part of the country. My brother and I came 
across a pair on July 24, and shot the bird now sent. 
Female. Iris dusky; bill dusky, but pale on the under 
mandible; shanks, tarsi, and feet white. 
Besides the above-mentioned birds, I am certain of the 
following as found in the Gold-fields district :—Oriolus larvatus 
(=capensis), Batis capensis (=pristinaria), Tchitrea viridis 
(=cristata of Layard), Tchitrea cyanomelas, Corvultur albi- 
collis, Amydrus morio, Vidua ardens, Pyrenestes albifrons, 
Estrelda astrild, Columba arquatriz, Francolinus levaillantz, 
Francolinus nudicollis, Coturnix dactylisonans, Gallinago ma- 
crodactyla (=equatorialis), and Anas sparsa. 
[Mr. Ayres’s previous papers on the birds of Transvaal 
record 152 species (vide Ibis, 1874, p. 107). The present 
paper records (inter alia) 40 additional species, making the 
total number of species observed by Mr. Ayres in Trans- 
vaal 192.—J. H. G.] 




















