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Lanhts isabellinus Hempr. & Elir. I do not think I have 

 come across. 



68. Nilaus afer (Lath.). 



a. $ . 20 miles west of Omdurman, Jan. 1, 1903. 



b. S- „ „ „ Jan. 2, 1903. 



c. cJ. Jebel Melbis, Kordofan, April 16, 1904. 

 Nowhere abundant, but I have come across it singly or in 



pairs along the White Nile generally, and as far west as El 

 Obeid in Kordofan. 



This Bush-Shrike is a bird of unobtrusive habits, and 

 spends most of its time quietly searching branches and 

 foliage for its insect-food. In its actions it reminds me 

 very much of the genus Tephrodornis. Its note is a clear 

 and somewhat ventriloquistic whistle. 



69. Laniarius iETHioncus (Gra.). 

 a. $ . Gallabat, May 7, 1901. 



I have only met with the Abyssinian Pied Bush-Shrike in 

 the khor which runs from Gallabat to the Atbara, where in 

 May 1901, and again in May 1903, I found it fairly 

 common. 



70. Laniarius erytiirogaster (Rupp.). 

 a. $ . Gallabat, May 6, 1901. 



This very handsome scarlet-and-black Bush-Shrike is 

 widely distributed in the Soudan. It is a common bird on 

 the Blue Nile, Rahad, Binder, Setit, and Atbara Rivers ; on 

 the White Nile and Bahr-el-Ghazal ; and also in Western 

 Kordofan. It has a fine clear whistle, something like an 

 Oriole's, generally uttered from a dense thorn-bush. 



71. Malaconotus poliocephalus (Licht.). 

 a. $. Gallabat, May 7, 1901. 



The only specimen which I have come across. 



72. Telephonus remigialis Finsch & Hartl. 

 a. <$ . Wad Medani, Blue Nile, April 3, 1901. 



The Red-winged Bush-Shrike seems common throughout 

 the country, excepting in the swamps of the Upper Nile. 

 It is met with far from water in the thorn-scrub on the 



