B'lrds from the White Nile. 4i7 



[We did not find the White-necked Stork very common. 

 It was generally seen feeding on newly burnt ground. — 

 R. M. H.] 



139. *ClCONIA ALBA. 



Ciconia ciconia (Linn.) ; Sharpe^ Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 

 p. 299 (1898). 



Ciconia alba Witherby, p. 272 ; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. 

 p. 29. 



[White Storks were plentiful on our way up the river from 

 Omdurman to Abba Island^ but were not observed on our 

 return at the end of May. — R. M. H.] 



140. *ClCONIA NIGRA. 



Ciconia nigra Bechst. ; Sharpe^ Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 

 p. 303 (1898) ; Witherby, p. 272 ; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. 

 p. 29. 



[I noticed the Black Stork in February between Ed- 

 Duem and Omdurman. — R. M. H.] 



141. Anastomus la.melligehus. 



Anastomus lamelligerus Temm. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xxvi. p. 308 (1898) ; Witherby, p. 273 ; N. C. Roths. 

 & Wollast. p. 30. 



a. S • Ed-Duem, 23rd May. No. 569. 



Iris brown, with a golden ring round the pupil ; bill dusky, 

 reddish at base ; legs and feet black. 



[We found the Open-billed Stork common along the river. 

 It was breeding in April near Fashoda. — R. M. H.] 



142. Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis. 

 Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis (Shaw) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 



Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 312. 



a, b. Ad. (heads only). Kaka, 15th March. No. 169. 



[The Senegal Jabiru, or Saddle-billed Stork, was not com- 

 mon, and was generally found in pairs feeding on frogs in the 

 swamps. I procured two specimens, but both skins were 

 destroyed by beetles. It was not observed north of Jebel 

 Ahmed-Agha.— R. M. H.] 



