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Between Wau and Chak Chak and thence towards Dem 

 Zubeir this little Bush-Lark was fairly common on open 

 patches and clearings in the forest. It was generally in 

 parties of four or five, consisting of pairs of old birds with 

 spotted young recently fledged. Its habits are those of a 

 Mi7'afra. 



24. MiRAFRA FiscHERi (Reichcn.). 

 a. c?. Makwak, 21.1.07. 



This specimen was the only one seen during my Bahr-el- 

 Ghazal trip. It was running about on a burnt dhurra 

 clearing, and shewed considerable cunning, when pursued, 

 in the w^ay that it took advantage of what little cover 

 there was, always keeping behind a few stems of the 

 So7^ghum. 



25. MiRAFRA ERYTHROPYGIA (Strickl.). 



a. c? (breeding). 20 miles E. of the Pongo, 3. 2.07. 



b. S (apparently breeding). Pongo River, 5. 2. 07. 



c. S (not breeding). Pongo River, 5.2.07. 



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My notes on the Red-tailed Bush-Lark have already 

 appeared in ' The Ibis " (1907, p. 467). Between Gardein 

 and Wau, Wau and Chak Chak, and thence to Dem Zubeir 

 it was numerous and quite the commonest of the Lark 

 family. 



26. Galerita cristata (Linn.). 



a. S' Khartoum, 3.11.07. 



b. S- „ 5.11.07. 



c. S- „ 23.11.07. 



d. S' „ 20.11.07. 



e. S- „ 5.11.07. 



Crested Larks were abundant at Suakin, round the town 

 and along the sea-shore, when I was there in March 1906. 

 They were equally plentiful up on Erkowit at 4000 ft. 

 These were darker birds than the Khartoum form {G. c. 

 fiava Brehm), and looked to me very like the Assouan birds 

 (G. c. rnaculata Brehm). I regret that I did not shoot any 



