Birds from the White Nile. 409 



Iris hazel ; bill honi-coloured ; legs and feet fleshy horn- 

 coloured. 



[I only saw Cretzschmar^s Bunting near Khartum. — 

 R. M. H.] 



24. Melanocorypha bimaculata. 



Melanocurypha bimaculata (Menetr.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 555 (1890). 



a-c. c? ? . Wad Shalai, 5th Feb. Nos. 42-44. 



Iris hazel ; bill horn-coloured, dark above and at tip of 

 lower mandible ; legs and feet fleshy horn-coloured. 



[I only saw one flock of Double-spotted Calandra Larks ; 

 they were on their way to water. — R. M. H.] 



25. MiRAFRA ERYTHROPYGIA. 



Mirafra erythropygia (Strickl.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 619 (1890); Alexander, Ibis, 1902, p. 292. 



a. ^ . Kenk, 10th May. No. 462. 



Iris hazel; bill dusky, paler at base below; legs and feet 

 pale horn-coloured. 



This very rare Lark is only represented in the British 

 Museum Collection by two specimens, one of which has been 

 recently forwarded from the Zeraf by Capt. H. Dunn. The 

 specimen before us is in worn plumage and is just commencing 

 to moult its flight-feathers, the innermost primary and 

 outermost secondary quills being partially grown on either 

 side. Capt. Boyd Alexander was fortunate in procuring a 

 number of these Larks in the Gold Coast Colony. 



[I only saw one scattered flock of Rufous-rumped Bush- 

 Larks. They were very wild and perched on the tops of 

 trees and bushes, so that 1 had great difKculty in procuring 

 a specimen. — R. M. H.] 



26. MiRAFRA ALBICAUDA. 



Mirafra albicauda Reichenow, J. f. O. 1891, p. 223; id. 

 Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 203 (1894). 



<i-9- c? ? • 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 12th April. Nos. 

 328-334 t. 



h. ? . Kaka, 2nd May. No. 425. 



Iris hazel ; bill dusky, pale below ; legs horn-coloured. 

 t Nos. 328, 331, 332 are said tt) have been breeding- birds. 



