360 Mr. A. L. Butler on the 



183. PYOCEPHALUS MEYERI (Rtipp.). 



a. $ . Jebel Melius, Kordofan, April 4, 1904. 



b. ? . „ „ „ April 5, 1904. 



I have seen Meyer's Parrot only in Kordofan, where, from 

 the vicinity of El Obeid to Mazrub, it was met with almost 

 daily, though always in small numbers. The birds were most 

 frequently in pairs, but sometimes in parties of seven or 

 eight. They keep principally to the huge "baobab" trees 

 which in Kordofan are scattered through the thorn-bush, and 

 iu these they doubtless breed. They are wary little birds, 

 difficult to approach, and take a good deal of hitting to 

 bring them down. 



184. Pal^eornis docilis (Vieill.). 



The Green Paroquet is common and seems to occur 

 wherever there are fair-sized trees south of the 15th degree 

 of N. latitude. On the eastern side of the country it 

 probably ranges further north than this. 



185. Strix flammea Linn. 



I have seen or heard the Bara-Owl almost everywhere I 

 have travelled in the country. 



186. Asio accipitrinus (Pall.). 



a. $ . Kamliu, Blue Nile, March 3, 1903. 



I picked up a Short-eared Owl at Khartoum on Nov. 26th, 



1902. I saw several, and shot one, on the Blue Nile in March 



1903, and in the winter of 1901 I observed the bird several 

 times in gardens at Khartoum. 



187. Asio capensis (Smith). 



a. ? . Bahr-el-Homar, March 16, 1902. 



My specimen was shot as it rose from a patch of swampy 

 ground near the junction of the Bahr-el-Homar and the 

 Bahr-el-Ghazal. I had previously in February twice flushed 

 Owls of this species from a marshy khor at Kaka. 



The high papyrus " sudd " along the Bahr-el-Ghazal is 

 usually full of Owls, which I never managed to identify 

 satisfactorily, owing to the impossibility of retrieving a 

 specimen if I shot it ; I think however that they may belong 

 to this species. As a steamer moves up the narrow channel, 



