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8th to the 12th I travelled inland among barren hills where 

 there was little cover, and on ray return I saw no more 

 Barred Warblers, though for several days later the Black- 

 caps and Garden-Warblers remained as plentiful as before. 

 All specimens of these three species were in perfect plumage, 

 and I made some beautiful skins of them, though it required 

 time and patience to turn them out uusoiled, as they were 

 simply little balls of fat, which melted into oil directly I 

 started working on them in the extreme heat ; and, unless 

 a cheap thermometer deceived me, the temperature one 

 afternoon rose to 135° in my tent, when the sun was 

 full on it. 



On the Nile the Barred Warbler seems quite uncommon. 

 Witherby met with a few, but neither Rothschild and 

 Wollaston nor Hawker came across it. At Khai'toum I have 

 only recognised it once, in October. 



28. Sylvia blanfordi Seebohm. 

 a. ^ . Khor Arbat, 4. 5. 08. 



This, a male in breeding condition, was the only specimen 

 of Blanford's Warbler that I noticed. 



29. Sylvia curruca (Linn.). 

 a. S- Khor Arbat, 2.5.08. 

 d. ?. „ 3.5.08. 



The Lesser Whitethroat was plentiful from May 1st to 

 May 5th, but I did not note it after May 9th. 



30. Sylvia cinerea Bechst. 

 a. c? . Port Sudan, 30. 4. 08. 



This example is the only greater Whitethroat that I have 

 so far identified in the Sudan. 



31. Aedon galactodes (Temm.). 



a. S (breeding). Khor Arbat, 13.5.08. 

 Bufous Warblers were common in the Khor Arbat, and 

 were probably breeding in the tamarisk-thickets. 



32. RuTiciLLA PHCENicuRus (Linn.). 



Either I was too late for the migrating Redstarts or I was 

 not on their line. One individual at Port Sudan on April 



