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and hands^ and hundreds of minute bees (of the genus Meli- 

 pona — fortunately stingless !) are trying to drink the moisture 

 from his eyes ! And in camp^ honey-bees^ attracted by the 

 water, crawled over me in scores while I was preparing 

 skins, and, in spite of caution, in skinning a specimen of 

 Cerchneis ardesiacus I got stung on the hands four times. 



When it came to trapping small mammals, the site of a 

 successful trap was generally marked by a black mass as 

 large as a mole-hill, composed entirely of ants, which furiously 

 resisted the recovery of the trap and the useless remains of 

 the unfortunate little mouse or shrew in it ! 



I have given localities and dates as accurately as possible, 

 even with regard to common species, as these records appear 

 to me to be very necessary to an ultimate understanding of 

 the distribution and migrations of our Soudan birds. 



Specimens which I have collectedsmce writing my previous 

 paper are listed under their names. 



1. Nectarinia platuha Vieill. 

 a. S • Moyen, 21.1.07. 



This Sun-bird was frequently met with throughout my 

 journey in the Bahr-el-Ghazal Province. Males were in 

 full plumage. 



2. Nectarinia pulchella (Linn.). 



a. S juv. Chak Chak, 18. 2. 07. 



b. S juv. Pongo River, 3. 2. 07. 



At Khartoum some of these Sun-birds had assumed the 

 full breeding-plumage by October 10th, 1906, and they, or 

 others, were still in it throughout May 1907. They were also 

 common throughout the forest-country in the Bahr-el-Ghazal 

 Province on my line of march, but seem to breed at a 

 different season in that region, probably in the summer 

 rains, as between January and April I did not see a single 

 male in full plumage. 



3. CiNNYRis HABEssiNicus (Hcmpr. & Ehr.). 

 a. S ' Erkowit, Suakin, 24. 3. 06. 



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