_a._ Gubuleweyo; shot in marsh by spruit, December 26, 1873. Iris crimson-lake; skin round iris vermilion; lower part of base of upper mandible and whole of base of lower mandible magenta, of a lilac tinge; upper part of upper mandible dark slate-colour, lower part of it near tip lighter slate-colour, tip of lower mandible whitish; legs dusky flesh-colour. 185. CREX PRATENSIS, Bechstein. _Ortygometra crex_ (Gm.): Layard, _B. S. Afr._, p. 338. Corn-crake. _a._ ♂ (testes slightly developed). Tati; shot in long grass, March 22, 1874. Iris red-brown; skin round eye brick-red; bill violet; legs pale flesh-colour. Stomach muscular, containing stones and remains of large insects. Family SCOLOPACIDÆ. 186. Philomachus pugnax (L.): Gurney in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld., p. 304. Ruff. _a._ ♀ Mopani Pan, near Ramaqueban River, November 4, 1874. Iris hazel; bill dusky black, brownish at base; legs dirty orange; claws black. 187. ACTITIS HYPOLEUCUS (L.): Gurney, _t. c._ p. 303. Common Sandpiper. _a._ ♀ Inyati, October 2, 1873. Iris dark hazel; bill dusky, base of lower mandible pale neutral tint; legs pale violet; feet and claws dusky. _b._ ♀ Sibanani, December 7, 1874. Iris hazel; legs pale dirty slate-colour; base of lower mandible slate-colour; rest of bill dusky black. 188. TOTANUS CANESCENS (Gm.): Sharpe and Dresser, _B. Eur._, pl. xlii. Greenshanks. _a._ ♂ Inquinquesi River, September 29, 1873. Native name “Tabi-tabi.” Iris dark hazel; legs dull olive. 189. TOTANUS GLAREOLA (L.): Gurney, _t. c._ p. 302. Wood Sandpiper. _a._ Inyati, September 28, 1873. Iris dark hazel; legs dull olive green. Family GLAREOLIDÆ. 190. GLAREOLA MELANOPTERA (Nordm.): Gurney, _t. c._ p. 264. Black-winged Pratincole. _a._ ♂, _b._ ♀ Branslow’s Farm, Transvaal, December 8, 1873. Iris dark hazel. Family CHARADRIIDÆ. 191. HOPLOPTERUS SPECIOSUS (Licht.): Gurney, _t. c._ p. 267. Blacksmith Plover. _a._ ♀ Branslow’s Farm, Transvaal, December 8, 1873. Iris dark crimson. _b._ ♀ Shashe River, October 16, 1874. Iris crimson; bill and legs black. Beetles in stomach. _c._ Not labelled. 192. CHETTUSIA CORONATA (Gm.): Gurney, _t. c._ p. 268. Wreathed Plover. _a._ ♀ Bisschop’s Farm, Transvaal, June 20, 1873. Iris bright yellow, with hazel ring round pupil. Stomach containing beetles and grasshoppers. _b._ ♂ (testes very rudimentary). Tati, March 26, 1874. Iris hazel round pupil, then yellow; bill magenta, tip black; legs and skin round eye magenta; claws black. 193. ÆGIALITIS ATRICOLLARIS (Vieill.): Gurney, _t. c._ p. 274. Treble-collared Plover. _a._ Durban, April 23, 1873. Family OTIDIDÆ. 194. OTIS KORI, Burchell. _Eupodotis cristata_, Layard, _t. c._ p. 283. Kori Bustard.