452 Mr. AV. R. Ogilvie-Grant on 



157. Ardeola ralloides. 



Ardeola ralloides (Scop.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxvi. p. 202 (1898). 



Herodias ralloides (Scop.) ; Witherby, p. 271. 



a. ? . Fashoda, 21st March. No. 152. 



A female Squacco Heron has the iris pale straw-coloured, 

 the bill greyish yellow, the legs and feet olivaceous, the hinder 

 part of the metatarsus and the soles of the feet yellow. 



158. BUBULCUS LUCIDUS. 



Bubidcus lucidus (Raf.) ; Grant & Reid, p. 687 ; N. C. 

 Roths. & Wollast. p. 29. 



Herodias bubulcus (And.) ; Witherby, p. 272. 



a-c. ? et (^ iram. Kawa, 20th May. Nos. 529-531. 



Iris yellow ; bill and toes yellow; tibiie greenish-yellow, 

 shading into dusky on the lower part o£ the tarsi and feet. 



[I saw the Buff-backed Heron in small flocks. It is fairly 

 common along the river. — R. ]\T. H.] 



159. *Akdetta minuta. 



Ardetta minuta (Linn.); Sharpe^ Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 

 p. 222 (1898) ; Witherby, p. 272. 



[The Little Bittern was not common south of El-Kawa. 

 I saw one pair near Kaka. — R. M. II.] 



160. *Grus grus. 



Griis (jriis (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1901, p. 290. 



Grus cinerea Bechst. ; Witherby, p. 277. 



[Cranes were common in Fcl)ruary between Ed-Duem 

 and El-Kawa; but 1 saw none on my return in May. — 

 R. M. H.] 



161. Balearica pavonixa. 



Balearica jyavonina (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxiii. p. 272 (1894) ; Witherby, p. 276. 



a, b. S ^ ■ Fashoda, 22nd March. Nos. 174 & 175. 



[This Crowned Crane was very numerous. It roosts in 

 pairs, and, though generally one of the last birds to retire, 

 starts off for its feeding-grounds just before dawn. It has 

 a very aggravating cry, which sounds something like "go 

 wack.'^— R. M. IL] 



