Birds from the White Nile. 137 



a. ? . Renk, 12th May. No. 466. 



Iris hazel ; bill yellow ; legs olivaceous. 



[I only saw the African Roller once. — R. M. H.] 



102. CORACIAS ABYSSINICUS. 



Coracias abyssinicus Bodd. ; Witlierh}^, p. 262; Grant & 

 Reid, p. 678 ; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. p". 22. 



a-c. c? et c5^ imm. Kaka, 24th-30th April. Nos, 404, 

 405, 412. 



d. $ t- Goz-Abu-Gumar, 16th May. No. 478. 



Iris hazel ; bill blackish, horn - coloured at base ; legs 

 olivaceous. 



[The Abyssinian Roller was fairly common and was 

 generally found in pairs. It was usually to be seen sitting 

 on the top of a tree or perched upon a reed on the look out 

 for insects.— R. M. H.] 



103. Pal.eornis docilis. 



Palceornis docilis Vieill. ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit, Mus. xx. 

 p. 447 (1891). 



a-h. (^ ? et c? ? imm. Goz-Abu-Gumar, 16th-19th 

 May. Nos. 479, 481-484, 519-523. 



Iris pale straw-colour ; bill red, blackish at tip and on 

 lower mandible ; legs and feet grey. 



[The African Ringed Parrakeet was very common about 

 Abba Island, but I did not see it either to the north or 

 the south of that locality.— R. M. H.] 



104. ScOPS LEUCOTIS. 



Scops leucotis (Temm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. 

 p. 97 (1875) ; Witherby, p. 268. 



Pisorhina leucotis (Temm.) ; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. p, 27. 



a. J . Goz.Abu-Gumar, 16th May. No. 473. 



Iris orange-yellow ; bill horn-coloured. 



[I only saw one specimen of the White-eared Scops Owl. 

 It was sitting quite upright, on a high branch of a Mimosa 

 nilotica and looked more like a dead stick than a bird. — 

 R. M. H.] 



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