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64. Spreo superbus (Riipp.). 



M. de Vilmoriii shewed me a skin of this Starling which he 

 had obtained at Bor on the Upper Wiiite Nile in January 1906. 



65. CoRvus scAPULATUs Sundev. 



When marching from Suakin to Kassala in 1906 I found 

 the northward range of the White-bellied Crow very abruptly 

 defined. There were hundreds round the wells at Jebel 

 Maraan, and after that it was met with everywhere to 

 Kassala, thence to the Blue Nile and down that river. 

 North of Jebel Maman I only saw a single individual — 

 about thirty miles nearer Suakin. I believe that it is 

 abundant at Tokar, but rare north of it. Mr. G. Kerr, who 

 was Senior Inspector at Suakin, told me that he had seen 

 the bird there once only. It was plentiful in the Bahr-el- 

 Ghazal Province wherever I went. I saw no Black Crows 

 there. 



66. CoRVUS AFFINIS Rupp. 



a. (^. Erkowit, 24.3.06. 



This broad-winged, short-tailed Raven was common on 

 the heights along the Red Sea Railway towards Suakin, at 

 Suakin, on Erkowit, and in the hill-country southwards. It 

 was also met with on the hill at Kassala. Though mostlv a 

 highland species it often came down to our camps on the 

 Suakin plain, in company with Corvus umbrinus Sundev., but 

 I never saw the latter species up in the hills. C. affinis 

 has a rather musical rolling croak, quite different to the 

 voice of C. umbrinus. 



67. CoRvus UMBRINUS Suudev. 



The Brown-necked Raven is plentiful on the maritime 

 plain south of Suakin. It is very easily distinguished from 

 C. affi7iis by its longer, narrower wings and longer tail. 



68. Cryptorhina afra (Linn.). 

 a. S' Tewtikia, 10.1.07. 



d. ? „ „ 



On landing at the little station of Tewfikia on Jan, 10th 



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