216 Mr. A. L. Butler on the 



specimens. I saw no Crested Larks in the Bahr-el-Ghazal 

 Province. 



27. Pyrrhulauda butleri Shelley. 



a. c? . Omdurraan, 8. 11. 07. 



b. <S. „ 



Common in the desert behind Omdurman. I have never 

 seen it on the Khartoum side of the river, 



28. Pyrrhulauda melanauchen (Cab.). 



1 found this the common Finch-Lark at Suakin and along 

 the maritime plain to the south, between the mountains and 

 the sea. I shot four or five specimens, but they were 

 moulting, so I did not skin any. 



They were identical with Captain Flower^s birds, which I 

 mentioned in 'The Ibis ^ for 1905, p. 311. 



29. Pyrrhulauda melanocephala (Licht.). 

 a. ^. Khartoum, 1.11.07. 



b' S. 



c. S. „ 10.11.07. 

 c?. ?. „ 31.10.07. 

 e. ?. „ 19.11.07. 



I occasionally met with small parties of this Finch-Lark 

 on the road between Meshra-el-E,ek and Chak Chak, but 

 they were distinctly scarce. I shot one male to examine at 

 Chak Chak. 



Mr. Grant (' Ibis,' 1907, p. 586) says :— " With one excep- 

 tion, which shews a trace of black feathers among the wing- 

 coverts, all the birds from Khartoum in the British Museum 

 appear to be typical P. melanocephala." I have seen many 

 of the Khartoum birds almost daily for seven years, and 

 more or less black — sometimes a very conspicuous patch — 

 on the wing-coverts is the rule, as in birds from Berber, 

 Merowe, and Shendi. 



30. Emberiza flavigastra Riipp. 

 a. S . Pongo Biver, 3. 2. 07. 



The Yellow-bellied Bunting was met with a few times 

 between Wau and Chak Chak, but seemed scarce in this 

 district. 



