358 Mr. A. L. Butler on the 



170. Melanobucco vieilloti (Leach). 



a. S • Kaka, White Nile, Feb. 24, 1902. 



I have met with Vieillot's Barbet occasionally on the 

 White Nile, the Blue Nile and its tributaries the Rahad 

 and Dinder, and on the Setit, but nowhere have I found it 

 very common. 



171. Trachyphonus margaritatus (Riipp.). 



a. $ . Setit River, May 7, 1903. 



b. $ . West of Omdurman, Jan. 3, 1903. 



This Barbet is widely distributed. I have noted it from 

 Kassala to Western Kordofan, as far north as Shendi, and 

 south to Fashoda and the Bahr-el-Ghazal. It was abundant 

 at Bara (Kordofan) in April 1904, assembling in the fig- 

 trees in the gardens and drinking at the " shadoofs. " It is 

 occasionally met with at great distances from water. 



172. Iynx torquilla Linn. 



The Wryneck is a regular, but rather scarce, winter-visitor. 

 According to my notes, I have seen it only at Khartoum, 

 in September (earliest date, 12th) and October. 



173. Campothera nubica (Gm.). 



a. (J. R. Rahad, April 6, 1901. 



b. <J. „ May 22, 1903. 



c. $ . Jebel Melbis, Kordofan, April 15, 1901. 



d. $ . Roseires, June 20, 1901. 



Quite the commonest Woodpecker in tbe Soudan. 1 have 

 seen it wherever I have travelled, except, of course, on 

 treeless desert or swamp. 



174. Iyngipicus obsoletus (Wagl.). 



a. ? . Kaka, W r hite Nile, Feb. 21, 1902. 



b. <J. R, Rahad, May 22, 1903. 



This Pigmy Woodpecker seems as widely distributed as 

 the preceding species, but is very much scarcer. 



175. Vinago waalia (Gm.) ? 



I have frequently seen Green Pigeons in the woods on 

 the Bahr-el-Ghazal, but, never having shot one, I cannot 

 identify the species with certainty. 



