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188. Barbatula chrysocoma (Temm.). 

 a. c?. Makwak, 22.1.07. 



h. S . Chak Chak, 9. 2. 07. 



c. S- Buval, 28. 1.07. 



These pretty miniature Barbets were comruon all along 

 our march in the Bahr-el-Ghazal after the ironstone forest- 

 country was entered. They are noisy little birds for their 

 size^ constantly uttering a shrill dissyllabic call-note with 

 the sound of a trilled '' r " in it. They seemed fond of the 

 society of mixed parties of other small birds, and were often 

 seen fluttering out from a tree to capture insects in the air. 



189. Trachyphonus margaritatus (Riipp.). 



a. S ■ Erkowit, 24. 3. 06. 



b. S- „ 



At the time of my visit this Barbet was common in the 

 gardens at Suakin, and on Erkowit, where it frequented the 

 Euphorbias. I did not see it at all in the Bahr-el-Ghazal. 



190. Trachyphonus arnaudi (Des Murs). 



a. c? . Bor, Upper Nile, 6. 5. 06. 



b. o „ „ 10.5.06. 



My two specimens were given to me by Mr, G. B. 

 Middleton. I also noticed the species in a small collection 

 of birds made at Bor by M. de Vilmorin. 



191. Iynx torquilla Linn. 



a. <S ' Renk, White Nile, 7. 1. 07. 



b. c?. Chak Chak, 23.2.07. 



c. (J . Khartoum, 11. 10. 07. 



I only met with the Wryneck three or four times on 

 the Bahr-el-Ghazal journey. I saw it at Khartoum on 

 September 26th, 1907, and several times during October. 



192. Campothera sHOENSis (Riipp.). 

 a. ? ? Khor Gitti, 29. 1. 07. 



This Woodpecker seemed rare. I saw it three times only 

 — at the Khor Gitti, at Kuanga^s, and on the Pongo. 



