Birds from the White Nile. 423 



[The White-headed Babbling-Thrush is found in companies 

 and is a very noisy bird. It was not seen south of Goz- Abu- 

 Gumar.— R. M. H.] 



66. Pycnonotus arsinoe. 



Pycnonotus arsinoe (Hempr. & Ehr.) ; Witherby, p. 253 ; 

 Grant & Reid, p. 662; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. p. 15. 



a. S' 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 11th April. No. 321. 



b. c? . Kaka, 23rd April. No. 395. 



c. ? . Renk, 10th May. No. 464-. 



Iris pale brown; bill black ; legs and feet black. 



[The White-vented Bulbul was very common. — R. M. H.] 



67. MUSCICAPA GRISOLA. 



Muscicapa grisola Linn.; Grant & Reid^ p. 173. 

 a,b, ?. Kaka. 22nd & 30th April. Nos. 385,413. 

 Iris hazel ; bill black ; legs and feet black. 

 [The Spotted Flycatcher was met with only at Kaka. — 

 R. M. H.] 



68. Batis orientalis. 



Batis orientalis (Heugl.) ; Grant & Reid, p. 662. 



a. S iram. Kaka, 28th Feb. No. 82. 



b. 2 t- Kaka, 28th Feb. No. 83. 



c. d. St ? t- Fashoda, 21st March. Nos. 160, 161. 

 e. ? . Fashoda, 30th March. No. 248. 



f-h. S $ ad. Fashoda, 2nd April. Nos. 286, 287, 288. 



Iris bright yellow ; bill, legs, and feet black. 



[The Abyssinian White-flanked Flycatcher was fairly com- 

 mon south of Jebel Ahmed-Agha. It was generally met with 

 in pairs.— R. H. M.] 



69. Terpsiphone cristata. 



Terpsiphone cristata (Gmel.) ; Witherby, p. 259 ; Grant 

 & Reid, p. 663. 



a-n. c? ? et (5" imm. 20 miles N. of Fashoda. 13th- 

 14th April. Nos. 345-357 §. 



t Sexed male. X Sexed female. 



§ Nos. 353, 354 were males breediiif^, the former in the perfect adult 

 plumage, the latter in chestnut plumage with only a few adult feathers 

 in the wing. 



