Africa, Southern -- Description and travel; Natural history -- Africa, Southern
Mopani Pan 21.18 S. 27.50 E.
Motloutsi River 21.52 S. 27.41 E.
Nata River 19.53 S. 27.4 E.
Newcastle 27.47 S. 29.50 E.
Palatswe River 22.38 S. 27.16 E.
Pantamatenka River 18.39 S. 25.41 E.
Pietermaritzburg 29.34 S. 30.24 E.
Pilandsberg 25.12 S. 27.35 E.
Pinetown 29.50 S. 30.50 E.
Pretoria 25.42 S. 28.50 E.
Ramaqueban River 21.11 S. 27.52 E.
Retief’s Drift, Vaal River 26.50 S. 29.58 E.
Sand Spruit, Transvaal 27.11 S. 30.18 E.
Second Makalaka kraal on Zambesi road
20.31 S. 27.26 E.
Semokwe River 21.7 S. 28.17 E.
Seruli River 22.32 S. 27.29 E.
Shashe River 21.34 S. 27.44 E.
Sibanani 19.45 S. 26.58 E.
Sunday’s River, Transvaal 28.21 S. 29.49 E.
Tamasancha 19.32 S. 26.40 E.
Tamasetsie 19.10 S. 26.28 E.
Tati 21.28 S. 27.45 E.
Tchakani Vlei 22.48 S. 27.5 E.
Tibakai’s Pan 18.52 S. 26.18 E.
Touani River 22.52 S. 26.59 E.
Umvungu River 19.21 S. 29.41 E.
Victoria Falls, Zambesi 17.57 S. 25.48 E.
Witfontein 24.28 S. 27.46 E.
Order ACCIPITRES.
Sub-order FALCONES.
Family VULTURIDÆ.
1. OTOGYPS AURICULARIS (Daud.): Sharpe, ed. Layard’s_Birds of
South Africa_, p. 4. Eared Vulture.
_a_. Shot at dead elephant, near Umvungu River, about the middle
of November 1873. Iris dark hazel; bill pale horn-colour, bluish grey
at base; head and neck livid and red (scabby); legs and feet pale
bluish grey; claws black.
2. NEOPHRON PILEATUS (Burch.): Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 7. Hooded
Vulture.
_a_. Ramaqueban River, August 6, 1874. Iris dark; bill neutral
tint; head and neck pale dirty blue, tinged with pink on the cheeks;
legs pale dirty blue; claws black. A female, I am nearly sure.
3. CIRCUS RANIVORUS (Daud.): Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 14. South
African Marsh-Harrier.
_a_. ♂ Near Pretoria, June 22, 1873. Iris bright chrome; legs pale
yellow. Ball of hair in stomach; mouse or rat skin in crop.
4. MELIERAX CANORUS (Rislach): Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 17. Chanting
Goshawk.
_a._ ♂ Bush veldt, between Pretoria and Bamangwato, July 1873.
Iris bright raw sienna; base of beak orange (?); legs red. Crop and
stomach very full, containing large ants, rat, lizard, etc.
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