. The birds of South Africa. Birds. CHAEADEIIDa: HOPLOPTEEUS 353 Griquatown, in the district of Hay; south of the Orange Eiver it has only been recorded from Colesberg, but further north in the Orange Eiver Colony, Transvaal, Bechuanaland and German terri- tories it becomes very common arid is a resident, while in Natal it is only found as a migrant during the cold weather, at any rate on the Beyond our limits it extends through Nyasaland and Angola, as far north as Kiliman-jaro and Lake Naivascha. The following are the chief recorded localities: Cape Colony— Griquatown (Burchell), Col
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. CHAEADEIIDa: HOPLOPTEEUS 353 Griquatown, in the district of Hay; south of the Orange Eiver it has only been recorded from Colesberg, but further north in the Orange Eiver Colony, Transvaal, Bechuanaland and German terri- tories it becomes very common arid is a resident, while in Natal it is only found as a migrant during the cold weather, at any rate on the Beyond our limits it extends through Nyasaland and Angola, as far north as Kiliman-jaro and Lake Naivascha. The following are the chief recorded localities: Cape Colony— Griquatown (Burchell), Colesberg (Arnot); Natal—Durban in winter (Ayres); Orange River Colony—near Bloemfontein (Barratt), Vrede- fort Eoad (B. Hamilton); Transvaal—Barberton, January (Rendall),. Pig. 115.—' Hoplopterua armatus. x |i. Branslow's Farm, near Springs, December (Gates), Potchefstroom, April, October (Ayres); Bechuanaland—Great Chine Pan, January (Ayres), Shashi Eiver, October (Gates), Ngami region (Andersson), Tati, January (S. A. Mus.); Rhodesia—Zambesi above Victoria Falls, September (S. A. Mus.); German South-west Africa—Great Namaqualand and Damaraland (Andersson), Windhoek and neigh- bourhood, June, August (Fleck), Okavango River (Andersson). Habits.—This Plover is never found far from water; it prefers the borders of swamps and snipe-grounds, where it obtains the insects, worms and small Mollusca which form its food. It is most often met with in small flocks of about a dozen birds and is by no means shy ; indeed, when nesting it will fly out at an intruder with low and piercing screams and endeavour to drive him away. Every observer comments on its noisiness, which disturbs and frightens other game-birds. The cry is a metallic harsh " click click," some- 23 VOL. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not p
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