CONTENTS. 



CHAP. PAGI 



I. The Desert Railway, Khartoum and 



Omdurman ... ... ... ... 13 



II. The River — Essential alike to Man, 



Beast and Bird 37 



III. The Country and the People ... 50 



IV. Camping and Collecting 65 



V. Birds 7^ 



VI. A Dance, a Sand-Storm, and a Rare 



Bird ••• 91 



Appendix A. — List of the Birds Collected 



and Observed ... ... 109 



Appendix B.— List of the Mammals ... 113 



Index i^S 



