Birds from, the IVhite Nile. 467 



b-d. S ? . Ed-Duem, 22nd & 23rd May. Nos. 54 1, 

 558, 565. 



Iris hazel ; bill black ; legs and feet vinaceous. 



[The Senegal Turtle-Dove was fairly common. — R. M. H.] 



203. Chalcopelia afka. 



Chalcopelia afra (Linn.) ; Witherby, p. 267 ; Grant & 

 Reid, p. 697. 



a. ? . Kaka, 23rd April. No. 394. 



b. Ad. Renk, 12th May. No. 467. 



c,d. (^ ? . Goz-Abu-Gumar, 19th May. Nos. 498, 521. 



e. S ■ Ed-Duem, 22nd May. No. 554. 



Iris hazel ; bill black in male, dusky in female ; legs and 

 feet vinaceous. 



[The Metallic Spotted Dove is a very strong flyer. We 

 found it common about Abba Island. — R. M. H.] 



201. (E.VA CAPENSIS. 



(Ena capensis Linn. ; Witherby, p. 267 ; Grant & Reid, 

 p. 696 ; R. C. Roths. & Wollast. p. 26. 



a. c?. ra,shoda, 1st April. No. 274. 



Iris hazel ; bill vinaceous, brownish at the tip; legs and 

 feet vinaceous. 



[The Long-tailed African Dove was very common south 

 of Ed-Duem. I found it nesting in a garden at Khartum. 

 — R.M.H.] 



205. Pteroclurus exustus. 



Pteroclurus exustus (Temm.) ; Witherby, p. 275 ; Grant, 

 Ibis, 1901, p. 298 ; id. & Reid, p. 697. 



Pterocles exustus Temm.; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. p. 31. 



a,b. c? ? . Ed-Duem, 22nd May. Nos. 535, 536. 



Iris hazel ; bill yellowish grey ; feet yellowish white. 



[We found the Common Pin-tailed Sand-Grouse very 

 abundant from Khartum as far south as Ed-Duem.— 

 R.M. H.] 



206. Pterocles quadricinctus. 



Pterocles quadricinctus Temm. ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 334. 



a,b. c? ? . Renk, 12tli May. Nos. 469, 470. 



Iris hazel ; bill, legs, and feet reddish horn-coloured. 



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