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156. CoRACiAs N^vius Daud. 

 a. S • Pougo River, 4. 2. 07. 



I met with these handsome Rollers, either singly or in 

 pairs, on some eight or nine occasions, at the village of 

 Sheikh Zaid, on the Pongo, and between that river andChak 

 Chak. They were extremely wary and watchful, and, in 

 spite of repeated attempts, I never managed to approach 

 within range of any but the one that I shot. 



157. CoRACiAS GARRULus Linn. 

 a. S ' Khartoum, 23. 10. 07. 



The Common Roller arrived in Khartoum in larger 

 numbers than usual this year (1907), and during October 

 a dozen of them might often be seen together. 



158. CoRAciAs ABYssiNicus Bodd. 



a. ?. Khartoum, 20. 10.07. 



b. S' „ 24.10.07. 



The Abyssinian Roller was common all along the White 

 Nile up the Bahr-el-Gliazal, and from Meshra to Chak 

 Chak. 



159. DiCROCERCUS FURCATUs (Stanl.). 



a. ?. Pongo River, 4.2.07. 



b. S - 



c. ?. „ 3.2.07. 



I only met with these pretty Swallow-tailed Bee-eaters a 

 few times near the Pongo River, and again at Ofio^s Village 

 near Chak Chak. They were generally in pairs and kept to 

 the tops of high trees in the forest. I never saw them 

 hawking over the rivers as most Bee-eaters are so fond of 

 doing. 



160. Merops frenatus (Hartl.). 



a. ? . Pongo River, 4. 2. 07. 



b. ?. Chak Chak, 2 k 2. 07. 



These gaudy Bee-eaters are great lovers of water. They 

 were extraordinarily plentiful on the Jur, Pongo, and Chell 

 Rivers. 



