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mud wall of a deserted house; we hoped that they were going 

 to nest there, but they had not done so before we left Shendi. 



60. Merops pusillus P. L. S. Midler. 



M. p. ocularis Keichen. Orn. Monatsb. 1900, p. 86. 



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The fact that we saw and obtained only one specimen of 

 this little Bee-eater at Shendi is rather remarkable, consider- 

 ing how abundant it is at Khartum, where it may be said to 

 share with Passer luteus the honour of being the commonest 

 bird. 



61. Merops viridissimus Swains. 



71 S, 96 S, 127 S, 126 S, 243 c?, 60 ? . 



The absence of the blue throat and other differences 

 necessitate the separation of the African and Indian forms 

 of this bird. 



This Bee-eater was exceedingly common at Shendi, some- 

 times being seen in little flocks of five or six, more often in 

 pairs. They were occasionally observed to go into holes 

 in banks, but we did not succeed in finding a nest. 



62. Upupa bpops Linn. 

 227 <^, 287 ?, 388 2. 



Erlanger has separated the Mediterranean form of Upupn 

 epops as Upupa epops pallida (Journ. f. Orn. 1899, p. 15), but 

 our Sudan specimens and others from North Africa in the 

 Tring Museum, do not seem to differ in any way from typical 

 North -European specimens. 



There was a sudden immigration of Hoopoes on March 8th, 

 after which they might be seen for a few days in almost every 

 tree. 



63. LoPHocERos NAsuTUs (Linn.). 



78 (J, 245 c?, 173 ?, 174 $, 246 $. 



These remarkably ugly Hornbills were fairly numerous at 

 Shendi. They spend most of the day in the dhurra-fields 

 along the river-banks, where they do a good deal of damage ; 

 at night they retire to the thick belt of trees which fringes 

 the desert. Not the least remarkable feature of this bird is 



