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colour are very noticeable. All I shot were 5 j-| inches in length. 

 I saw it often in Nubia. 



MiRAFRA, sp.* 



Is not uncommon^ and usually met with in pairs, on desert 

 wastes and around ruined buildings in Nubia. The male mea- 

 sures 6^, the female 6 inches in length. It feeds on seeds, and 

 has the same habits as the last ; its call-note is loud and Linnet- 

 like. Sexes alike in plumage. 



Ammomanes pallida, Cab. Mus. Hein. p. 125 : Tristram, 

 Ibis, 1859, p. 423.— P. L. S. 



Is not uncommon on the deserts of Nubia, and usually seen 

 in small Hocks. It runs at great speed, and, like the other Sand- 

 larks, stops every few steps. It has a call-note very like that of 

 the Trumpeter Bullfinch, which it resembles in its flight. The 

 iris is hazel, c? 5|, $ 5^ inches in length. 



OXYLOPHUS GLANDARIUS. 



Is most usually seen solitary, sitting among the dense foliage 

 of an acacia. It is tame, and easily approached. Often met with 

 both in Nubia and Egypt. 



Crateropus acacia (Riipp.). — P. L. S. 



I first noticed this Bush-babbler in a thicket of acacia near 

 Der, the capital of Nubia. It frequents bushy situations along 

 the river-bank, and is usually seen in flocks of from six to twelve. 

 Like its congeners, its flight is feeble, and call chattering and gar- 

 rulous, and uttered as it flies from bash to bush, where it often 

 secretes itself. It breeds in January. There is considerable dif- 

 ference in size between the sexes and even individuals. Old 

 males average 10 inches in length. The edges and inside of 

 the mouth are yellow. I believe neither this nor any of the 

 subfamily Timalince is found northward of Der, at all events 

 below the First Cataract. The above species seemed to increase 

 towards the Second Cataract, where it is common in bushy 



* This Mirafra I cannot at present satisfactorily determine. It does 

 not seem to be included in Riippell's or Heuglin's catalogues. I thought 

 it might be Mirafra cordofanica, Strickland (P. Z. S. 1850, p. 218, pi. 23), 

 but it appears to be different from that species. — P. L. S. 



