PHILLIPS: BIRDS FROM THE SUDAN. 17 



The records from the Dinder River extend the range of this small 

 form into the eastern Sudan. 

 Uncommon. 



Batis orientalis orientalis (Heuglin). 



1 cf and 2 9 's, Magangani, Blue-Nile, 26 Jan., 27 Jan. 

 Fairly common. 



TcHiTREA viRiDis (Midler). 



1 cT, Urn Orug, Dinder, IS Feb. 



Rare, only seen twice; in dense thickets. 



Pycnonotidae. 

 Pycnonotus arsinoe (Hemprich & Ehrenberg). 



2 d"s. El Mesharat, Blue-Nile, 4 Jan.; El Garef, 8 Jan. 

 One of the commonest birds in thickets along the river. 



Timeliidae. 

 Crateropus leucocephalus (Cretzschmar). 



3 cf's, Abu Zor, Blue-Nile, 5 Jan; El Mesharat, 4 Jan. 

 Fairly common in small flocks. 



Turdidae. 



Planesticus pelios pelios (Bonaparte). 



1 cf and 2 9 's, El Garef, Blue-Nile, 8 Jan.; 18 Jan.; Fazogli, 8 Jan. 

 Not common ; seen singly in the southern part of our region. 



Phoenicurus phoenicurus phoenicurus Linne. 



1 cf and 2 9 's, Magangani, Blue-Nile, 29 Jan., 1 Feb.; El Serifa, 

 14 Jan. 



Not common. 



