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This Sparrow-Weaver was abundant in tlic forest country 

 from Ayiim to Ciiak Chak. 



55. Anaplectes mel.wotis (Lafr.). 



I saw^ one or two males of an Anaplectes, probably one of 

 the forms of this species, at the Khor Gitti in February, but 

 difl not manage to shoot a specimen. They were in breeding- 

 plumage, with scarlet head and breast and black cheek- 

 patches. I met witli them in the forest only, where they 

 entirely to the tops of the trees. 



56. Hyphantornis galbula Kiipp. 

 a. c? . Erkowit, 21. 3. 06. 



These Weaver-Birds were common at Snakin in April 

 and May, breeding; in the Parkinsonia-trees in the vegetable 

 gardens outside the town. They were also abnndaut on 

 Erkowit, nesting in trees in the ravines and valleys. 



57. Hyphantornis radius Cassin. 

 a. S' ^or, 10.5.06. 



1 am indebted to Mr. G. B. Middleton, of the Steamers 

 and Boats Department, Soudan Government, for a S[)eciinen 

 of Cassin's Weaver- Bird in breeding-plumage. I have not 

 come across it myself. 



58. Oriolus auratus Vieill. 



a. $ . Near Wau, 28. 1 . 07. 



b. $ . Khor Gitti, 30.1.07. 



The African Golden Oriole was abundant between Wau 

 and Chak Chak from January to March. 



59. Lamprotornis caudatus (P. L. S. MiilL). 

 a. $ . Wau, 24.1.07. 



h. $ . Chak Chak, 12. 2. 07. 



This long-tailed Glossy Starling was common on tlie 

 ironstone country between Wau and Chak Chak. Tiiis is 

 the species, as Mr. Grant correctly surmises (^ Ibis,' 1907, 

 p. 581), which I met with near El Obeid in Kordofan, 

 and which, I regret to say, 1 referred to in my previous 

 paper (' Ibis,^ 1905^ p. 324) as "undoubtedly the true 

 L. aeneocephalus." 



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