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rare compared with the latter species. The great majority 

 are young birds ; in fact, I have only seen five or six old 

 males in black-and-white plumage altogether. 



121. Batis orientalis Heugl. 



a. ? . Bahr-el-Ghazal, March 1904. 



b. S- Jebel Melbis, April 16, 1904. 

 £• + • a )> j> i) 

 d. $ . Roseires, May 28, 1904. 



€. ¥ . ,, ,, ,, 



Widely distributed in the Soudan where there is thorn- 

 jungle. I have noticed it on the Blue Nile and its t ributaries, 

 on the Atbara and Setit, on the White Nile and Bahr-el- 

 Ghazal, and in Kordofan near El Obeid. 



In habits this Flycatcher much resembles the little Pied 

 Shrikes of the genus Hemipus. It is almost always in 

 pairs, and appears to be of a very affectionate disposition. 

 If one is shot the survivor nutters down to it in most pitiful 

 distress. 



According to my dissections, it is certainly the males 

 which have black and the females maroon pectoral belts. 



122. Terpsiphone cristata (Gra.). 

 a. $ . Roseires, May 26, 1904. 



I have only met with the Paradise Flycatcher, in the chest- 

 nut plumage, at Gallabat (May 1901 and May 1903) and on 

 the Bahr-el-Ghazal (March 1902). 



My specimen, a beautiful white adult male, was obtained 

 for me by Mr. G. B. Middleton. 



123. Hirundo rustica Linn. 



An abundant cold- weather migrant, but I have never 

 known it to breed in the Soudan. I have sometimes seen 

 it skimming over sandy desert ten or more miles from 

 water. 



124. Hirundo jEthiopica Blanf. 

 a. ? . Gedaref, April 1901. 



This is our commonest resident Swallow. I have met with 

 it everywhere I have travelled, from the Abyssinian frontier 



