on Birds from Shendi, Sudan. 5 



from four to ten feet from the ground, either resting in a 

 fork or suspended from a small branch ; it is made almost 

 entirely of the down from the inside of the fruit of the 

 Sodom-apple, bound together with spiders' webs, and lined 

 with a few feathers. 



2. yEoiTHALUS PUNCTIFRONS Suud. 



348 S, 329 c?, 349 ? . 



No. 318 is in very fresh plumage; the other two speci- 

 mens are in abraded plumage, and shew the beginning of 

 the moult. We only met with this species twice ; on both 

 occasions in a small flock of about half a dozen individuals, 

 and on both occasions our attention was drawn to them by 

 hearing their constantly repeated note, a high-pitched squeak 

 very similar to that of the Gold-crest, which bird they 

 closely resemble in their attitude and movements. They 

 kept to the topmost flowering twigs of the larger acacias, 

 and we had some difficulty in obtaining our specimens. 



3. MOTACILLA ALBA LiuU. 



226 ? , 348 c?, 43 ? , 258 ? , 45 ^, 278 ? . 



This was one of the commonest of the riverside birds. 

 Individuals were nearly always seen in pairs, and we thought 

 that they shewed signs of breeding, but no nest Avas found. 

 Many of them were extraordinarily tame ; an old male, 

 with a particularly fine black shield, used to run in and out 

 of the tents without showing the least sign of fear. 



4. ■^MoTACILLA VIDUA Suud. 



One was seen at Wad-Habushi, at the foot of the Sixth 

 Cataract, on March 18th. The rocky nature of the river 

 and river-banks there is very like that at Assuan, where 

 this species is common. 



5. *MoTACiLLA FLAVA Linn. 



Small parties of this Wagtail, generally numbering three 

 or four individuals, were seen on migration during March. 

 The first was seen on March 2nd. 



6. Anthus campestris (Linn.). 

 374 <S . 



One specimen was shot out of a small Hock on March 16th. 



