Ornithology of the Egyptian Soudan. 315 



and is common until March, but from April to September 

 I have never seen it. 



29. Emberiza septemstriata Rupp. 

 a. ? . Setit River, May 12, 1903. 



Very local. In June 1901 I shot a specimen of this 

 Bunting on the Blue Nile near Kamlin, but, being caught 

 in a storm that night, was unable to preserve it. I did not 

 come across it again until May 1903, when I found it in 

 small flocks, but rather scarce, on the rocky banks of the 

 Setit. In January 1905 I saw a fair number on the hills at 

 the Shabluka Cataract (the sixth). 



30. Passer domesticfs (Linn.) 



I am afraid that I have neglected to pay sufficient 

 attention to the distribution of the Common Sparrow in the 

 Soudan. It is abundant in all towns as far south as 

 Khartoum. On the White Nile it is scarcer, and I have 

 not noted it beyond Kawa, but it will doubtless spread as 

 the villages grow into towns. 



I think that P. rufidorsalis of Brehm can hardly be called 

 a species. 



31. Passer diffusus (Smith). 



a. <J. Setit River, May 10, 1903. 



c. 9 . Jebel Melbis, Kordofan, April 18, 1904. 



I have met with the Southern Bush-Sparrow from the 

 Setit on the east to the Mazrub Wells in Western 

 Kordofan, and as far south as Pashoda on the White Nile. 

 On this river, however, it seemed scarce, whereas on the 

 Setit and in Kordofan it was abundant. Its note is a 

 regular Sparrow's chirp. 



32. Passer luteus (Licht.). 



a. £ . Khartoum, Sept. 1901. 



b. ? . Bara, April 26, 1904. 



C' o • }} )) }} 



"• O J r " )> )} >■> 



The pretty Yellow Sparrow is abundant from Berber to 



