224 Mr. A. L. Butler c/n the 



I was greatly surprised to find these birds established there 

 m considerable numbers. They were very tame and familiar, 

 walking about fearlessly close to the houses, sitting in rows 

 on the corrugated-iron roofs, or collecting in parties in the 

 Borassus palms. They watched our donkeys being landed 

 from the steamer for a run, and followed them about, settling 

 on their backs like Starlings. 



In one place a group of about a dozen were evincing the 

 greatest excitement over a wind-blown scrap of pink paper 

 which had aroused their curiosity. I have never seen the 

 biid on this part of the White Nile before, and when I 

 visited Tewfikia in February 1902 and February 1905 there 

 were certainly none there. 



A few railes from Tewfikia the American Mission has a 

 station at a beautiful group of " Doleib " palms {Borassus), 

 and I hear that these birds are abundant there now. I knew 

 the spot before the Mission Station was established and never 

 saw one there. In the Bahr-el-Ghazal Province they were 

 generally in evidence wherever there were ''Doleib^' palms, 

 a native village, and domestic animals. I noted them con- 

 stantly from Mayik to the Pongo. I think that they would 

 make capital aviary birds, as they are naturally bold and 

 inquisitive, and have an engagingly jaunty manner. I did 

 not notice them attending game animals in the same way 

 that they follow donkeys and cattle. The colouring of the 

 bill appears to be dependent on age and not sex. Of my 

 four birds, a male and a female had the flesh-coloured bills, 

 and a female and a bird of doubtful sex black bills. 



69. DiCRURUS AFER (Liclit.). 

 a. ?. ChakChak, 12.2.07. 



This Drongo-Shrike was abundant from Meshra to Chak 

 Chak. 



70. Prionops poliocephalus (Stanley). 



^' ^'JKhor Gitti, 30. 1.07. 



c. ? . Moyen, 3. 4. 07. 



This Helmeted Shrike was common between Wau and 



