S98 Mr. A. L. Butler on the 



321. Gallinago coslestis (Frenz.). 



The Snipe arrives in the Soudan towards the end of 

 September, and remains until the end of March. During; 

 these months two or three couple can generally he picked 

 up along the White Nile at Khartoum, but they are seldom 

 plentiful. Indeed I have not found them abundant anywhere 

 in the country. I have seen them in small numbers in the 

 swamps of the Bahr-el-Ghazal, but the grass in the marshes 

 there is too high and rank to suit them, and throughout the 

 Soudan there is, as yet, very little land under irrigation 

 where they could settle down for the winter. 



The Jack-Snipe (G. gallinula), of which Mr. Hawker 

 killed one specimen at Fashoda in April 1900, I have never 

 seen. 



322. RhyxcH/EA capensis (Linn.). 



I have flushed the Painted Snipe once or twice in 

 September on the marshy ground at the edge of the White 

 Nile at Khartoum. So far as my experience goes, it is a 

 scarce bird in the Soudan. 



323. Recurvi rostra avocetta Linn. 



The Avocet seems scarce in this part of the world. I 

 have only seen small parties on a few occasions. 



324. HlMANTOPUS CANDIDUS Boilll. 



The Black-winged Stilt is plentiful, and may be met with 

 at almost any time of the year. 



325. Gj]dic\emus senegalensis Swains. 

 a. S . Blue Nile, June 12, 1901. 



The Senegal Thick-knee seems to occur on all the Soudanese 

 rivers south of the Atbara. East and west I have seen 

 it on the Setit and as far as Meshra-el-Rek on the Bahr- 

 el-Ghazal. Though a common bird it is usually met with 

 in small numbers — a few pairs or parties of three or four in 

 close proximity being the rule. 



I have taken its eggs on three or four occasions on the 

 llahad, in April. Two appear to be the number ordinarily 

 laid. 



