Birds from (he White Nile. 417 



48. Sylvia orpiiea. 



Si/lvia orphea Temm. ; Seebolim, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. 

 p. 14 (1881) ; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. p. 17. 



a. S • Jebel Auli, 4tli Feb. No. 33. 



Iris pale brown ; bill and legs black. 



[I only noticed a single specimen of the Orphean Warbler. 

 — R. M. H.] 



49. Hypolats pallida. 



Hijpolais pa/lida (Hempr. & Ehr.) ; Witherby, p. 257; 

 Grant & Reid, p. 647 ; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. p. 17. 



a. ? . Jebel Auli, 4th Feb. No. 35. 



b. S ■ Wad Shalai, 5th Feb. No. 46. 



c. cT- 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 11th April. No. 319. 



d. S • Kaka, 24th April. No. 400. 



Iris brown ; bill horn-coloured ; legs and feet dusky or 

 olivaceous. 



[I shot the Olivaceous Warbler while it was feeding on 

 insects attracted by the Mimosa flowers. — R. M. H.] 



50. Sylviella brachyuka. 



Sylviella brachyura Lafr. ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 155 ; 

 Witherby, p. 255. 



a-c. S ? • Fashoda, 25th-26th March. Nos. 181, 198, 

 199. 



</. ? . 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 16th April. No. 364. 



e. S- Kaka, 17th April. No. 377 f. 



/, g. <$ . Ed-Duem, 2.2nd May. Nos. 552, 553. 



Iris light brown ; bill, legs, and feet horn-coloured. 

 [The habits of the Cinnamon-throated Bush-Warbler are 

 very much like those of the Nuthatch. It is a fairly common 

 bird.— R. M. H.] 



51. Eremomela griseoflava. 



Eremomela griseoflava Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. 

 p. 160 (1883) ; Witherby, p. 254. 



a. $ t. Jebel Auli, 4th Feb. No. 36. 

 Iris hazel ; bill and legs dusky. 



t Breeding. 



