6. The Bird Population of 110 Acres in the Transkei

Short Notes

“…There are one or two anomalies, particularly the low figure of 26 for Karroid Broken Veld, and the rather high figure of 32 for eastern Cape Bushveld at Albany. ' Winterbottom, 1932 ' Winterbottom, unpublished I Taylor, 1948 1 Taylor, 1958 ' Skead, 1946b I Skead, 1946c 1 Skead, 1946a ' Skead, 1947 1 Winterbottom, unpublished Winterbottom, 1968Winterbottom, 1946Winterbottom, 1955Winterbottom, 1947Winterbottom, 1968Winterbottom, 1956Winterbottom, 1972c In discussing the avifauna of the mopane woodland (Winterbottom 1972b). I remarked on its relative impoverishment as compared with Brachystegia woodland; and it is interesting confirmation of this that the Dominance Index of Mopane is 17 and of Brachystegia 48.…”