244 Mr. U.Y.Witherhy—OniitJwlof/icnl 



insects were quite Tit-like ; but, unlike our Tits, they were 

 silent, we did not hear them utter a note. 



Adult. Iris dark brown ; bill bluish at base, darkening to 

 brown at tip ; legs and feet bluish slate-colour. 



4. ]\I0TAC1LLA FLAVA LiuU. 



This was the only Wagtail we saw. It was common on all 

 the grassy flats by the river during our journey south. The 

 latest note I have is of one shot on April 11th at Kawa. 



Adult. Iris brown ; bill dark brown ; legs and feet black. 



5. Anthus campestris (Linn.). 



The Tawny Pipit was fairly common from Kawa to 

 Khartum during the whole of our journey. The last we 

 obtained was on May 12th near Khartum. They were to 

 be found as frequently on the sand amongst the scrub as in 

 company with Wagtails on the banks of the river. 



Adult. Iris brown ; bill brown ; legs and feet pale brown. 



6. Anthus cervinus (Pall.). 



Only one Red-throated Pipit, which I shot near Khartum 

 on so late a date as May 12, was observed. 



Adult. Iris hazel ; bill dark brown ; legs and feet brown. 



7. Galerida flava Brehm. 



Galeritaflava A. E. Brehm, J. f. O. 1854, p. 77. 



My specimens agree perfectly with the typical specimens 

 of G. flava in the Tring Museum, collected by Brehm in 

 the Khartum district. 



A specimen in immature plumage is lighter and much 

 more rufous on the upper parts than the mature bird, and 

 the feathers of the head and mantle are tipped with huffish 

 white, while the wing-coverts and the inner secondaries are 

 broadly margined with the same colour. 



These Crested Larks were very common and tame in the 

 cultivated districts near Khartum. As we proceeded south, 

 the birds became scarcer and wilder. At Shebesha, about 

 100 miles south of Khartum, only a pair here and there 

 was to be met with, not on the cultivated land near the 

 river, but amongst low thorn-bushes where the scrub ended 



