oti the Red Sea Coast in May 1908. 401 



47. Upupa epops Linn. 



I only noted Hoopoes on the 2nd and 4th of May. 



48. Irrisor erythrorhynchus (Lath.). 



I picked up the sun-dried remains of a Red-billed Wood- 

 hoopoe in the Khor Arbat. I imagine this must be about 

 the northern limit of its range along the Red Sea coast. 



49. Trachyphonus margaritatus (Riipp.). 



a. (J. Talgwarcb Station, 29. 4.09. 



b. (?. Khor Arbat, 4.5.08. 



These Barbets were fairly common in the Khor Arbat. 

 The tail of the second specimen was bent in a curve ; 

 probably it had been sitting in a nest-hole. 



50. Campothera nubica (Gm.). 

 a. S ' Khor Arbat, 7. 5. 08. 



I saw the Nubian Woodpecker a few times in the Khor 

 Arbat. 



51. Iyngipicus obsoletus (Wagl.). 

 a. S • Khor Arbat, 7. 5. 08. 



I only saw the Pigmy Woodpecker three or four times. 



53. CoLUMBA LiviA Briss. 



A small colony of Rock-Pigeons frequented the clefts in 

 a very high and precipitous rock-face near my camp in the 

 Khor Arbat, but I could not get a shot at them. 



53. Turtur roseigriseus (Sundev.). 

 a. cJ. Khor Arbat, 16.5.08. 



54. Turtur senegalensis (Linn.). 



Both this species and the last were common in the Khor 

 Arbat. 



55. (Ena capensis (Linn.). 



Common in the Khor Arbat and near the coast. 



^56. Athene noctua spilogaster. 



Athene spilogaster Heuglin. 



a. cJ . Jebel Bawati, 11.5.08. 



This was the only example of this little Owl that I have 

 seen in the Sudan. I got it quite by chance, as I had 

 wandered out by moonlight to try to shoot an Eagle-Owl 



