Page 90. Cypselus apus.
Numbers seen on tbe 12th of January at Potchefstroom; a good many
seen flying northwards on the 8th of February (Ayres).
Between Sibanani and Tamasancha, December 9th (F. Oates).
“ About eleven o’clock in the morning of the 27th of November we saw
a large number of Swifts on their migration towards the southeast.
We also saw a few at the Umvuli in September and
October, and at Dry Hart River in December and January”
(Ayres).
Towards the middle of September appeared in the neighbourhood of
Newcastle, and apparently nested (B., F., and B.).
Paee 92.© Cypselus pallidus.
Capangombe: native name Kapiapia (Anchieta).
Page 92. Cypselus caffer.
Mashoona Land (Ayres).
First appeared near Newcastle on October 27th, afterwards common;
a pair breeding at Sunday’s River on November 17th (B., F., andB.).
Page 95. Cypselus melba.
Appears in North-western Natal early in September. Observed in
Maritzburg on August 23rd (B., F., and B.).
Page 95. M erops aplaster.
Crocodile River, November 15th. Inshlangeen, December. Hendrik’s
Vley, December 18th (F. Oates).
Page 97. M erops superciliosus.
Near the mouth of the Mooi, at the junction of that river with the
Vaal; also received from Marico (Barratt).
Transvaal (Ayres).
Hendrik’s Vley, December 18th (F. Oates).
Native name in Benguela, Lengue (Anchieta).
Page 99. M erops bullockoides.
Near Rustenberg ; Pretoria (Barratt).
Exceedingly common about Rustenberg (Ayres).
Ganyani River, September 18th. Appears about this date and pairs
off for breeding, but not in great numbers (Ayres).
Crocodile River, July and November (F. Oates).
Page 99. M erops nubicoides.
Appeared in considerable numbers on the Umvuli River about the
14th of September. Matabili name Inconjani (Ayres).
Daka River, January 20th. Geruah, January 24th (F. Oates).
Caconda, Benguela (Anchieta).
Page 100. M erops pus illus .
Rustenberg (Ayres).
Not uncommon about the Umvuli River on the 11th of August
Found breeding at the Quae-Quae River on October 20 (Ayres).
Tati, March 24th (F. Oates).
Ambaca; Dombe: native name Kaceibinongo, at Hnmbe Lengua and
Kalumguniba; Huilla (Anchieta).
Page 101. D icrocercus hirbndinaceus.
Potchefstroom (Ayres).
Near the Pantamatenka River, January 12th (F. Oates).
Page 102. Coracias garrula.
Near Rustenberg ; received also from Marico, about twenty miles north
of Pretoria (Barratt).
Lydenburg (Ayres)
Tati, March 26th and 28th (F. Oates).
Palatswie Pan, Bamangwato, December 18th (Ayres).
Page 103. Coracias n ®vla.
Rustenberg (Ayres).
Bamangwato, May 28th. Matabili name Ohegala. Umvuli River
(Ayres).
First Makalaka kraal on Zambesi road, August 24th. Second
Makalaka kraal, September 9th (F. Oates).
Capangombe. Native names at Humbe, Ambeta, Gicoca and Kahanana
(Anchieta).
Page 104. C oracias caudata.
Near Rustenberg and on the Vaal River; Marico (Barratt).
Rustenberg (Ayres).
Palatswie Pan, June 4th; Umvuli River, September 4th. Plentiful
throughout the Transvaal, Matabili, and Mashoona countries
(Ayres). Between Pantamatenka River and Zambesi, January
11th. Geruah, January 24th (F. Oates).
Page 106. Insert;—Coracias spatulata, Trimen.
This species is distinguished by the form of the tail, which is
spatulated, the two long feathers ending in a broadened racket.
It is otherwise very similar to O. caudata. It was discovered by
Dr. Bradshaw in the Zambesi region. He states : “ It was not
seen far from the Zambesi, except once or twice, when I noticed
it at about eighty miles’ distance to the south of the river. The
species chiefly frequents the so-called ‘ Sand-veldt,’ a tract of
heavy sand-ridges, keeping about the tallest timber. In the