332 Mr. A. L. Butler on the 



wings, short tail, manner of flight and of creeping about 

 trees, all forcibly reminded me of a Nuthatch. " Nuthatch- 

 Warbler" would be a good English equivalent for the 

 name of the genus. 



80. Phyllolais pulchella (Riipp.). 

 a. $ . Tewfikia, March 1902. 



The Beautiful Bush-Warbler was common in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Fashoda and Tewfikia at the time that I shot 

 my specimen. 



81. Prinia murina (Heugl.). 



a. S • Tewfikia, White Nile, March 1902. 



The Tawny-flanked Grass-Warbler seemed extremely 

 common at Kaka and Tewfikia when I was there in February 

 and March 1902. 



82. Prinia mystacea (Riipp.). 

 a. #? Gedaref, June 1901. 



This was the common Grass-Warbler at Gedaref when 1 

 was there in April and May 1901. 



83. Burnesia gracilis (Riipp.). 



The Graceful Grass- Warbler is abundant in scrub aud 

 cultivated ground near Khartoum and north of it in the 

 winter and spring, breeding in February and March. 



84. Spiloptila clamans (Temm.). 



a. S • Mesjid, Blue Nile, March 3, 1901. 



b. ? . Khartoum, Nov. 8, 1902. 



These exceedingly pretty little Warblers are plentiful in 

 scrub near Khartoum and along the Nile north of it, on the 

 White and Blue Niles, where the country inland is sandy 

 desert, and in Kordofan between Duem and El Obeid. They 

 are usually met with in little parties of five or six, and are 

 most restless and active birds, always in motion, and per- 

 petually jerking their long tails up and down or from side 

 to side. 



85. Cisticola cisticola (Temm.). 

 a. $. Kawa, Nov. 13, 1902. 



Common and widely distributed, apparently breeding from 



