400 Mr. W. R. Ogilvic-Grant on 



b. S- Kaka, 8th March. No. 120. 



c. S ' 20 miles N. of Fashoda. No. 841. f. 

 d,e. cJ ? . Kaka, 4th May. Nos. 432, 433 f. 

 /. S ' Kaka, 4th May. No. 434. 



Iris dark hazel; bill, legs, and feet black. 



[I only met with the African Rook iu a small district 

 extending from the south and west of Kaka to Fashoda. It 

 was generally found near the villages, and had a very harsh 

 cry. When sitting on a tree it puffs out the feathers on its 

 head and neck, which gives it the appearance of having a 

 very large head. Its nest is generally placed on the end of 

 a very thin bough ; it is beautifully made of smallish thorn- 

 branches with an outer lining of fibre and an inner lining 

 of the felted hair of animals. The eggs, three in number, 

 are rosy white, freckled and blotched with maroon and dark 

 cinnamon. — R. M. H.j 



2. CoRVUS SCAPULATUS. 



Corvus scapulatus Daud. ; Witherby, p. 2 19 ; Grant & 

 Reid, p. GIO; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. p. 13. 



a. S- Jebel Ain, 11th Feb. No. 48. 



b. S' Kaka, 4th May. No. 431 J. 

 Iris hazel ; bill, legs, and feet black. 



[The White-bellied Crow is the commonest member of the 

 Corvidae on the White Nile. It is very plentiful south of 

 Jebel Ain, I took several nests. They are placed at the 

 end of very thin boughs, and are therefore rather difficult 

 to get at. I shot one bird oft' a nest, and three days after- 

 wards I saw that its mate was sitting. Eggs were procured 

 at about 20 miles north of Fashoda. — R. M. \l.^ 



3. ^CoilVUS UMBRINUS. 



Corvus wnbrinus Sundev. ; Grant, Nov. Zool. vii. p. 245 

 (1900) ; Witherby, p. 250; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. p. 13. 



[I only observed one pair of this Raven on the White 

 Nile, and these were seen on Abba Island. — II. M. H.] 



t Breeding. 



X Breeding; three eggs taken. 



