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238. Ardea pukpurea Linn. 



239. Ardea cixerea Linn. 



The same may be said of these Herons as of the Ibises. 



240. Ardea melanocephala Vig. & Childr. 



241. Ardea goliath Cretzschm. 



These two species were only seen on the larger rivers. 



242. Herodias brachyrhyncha Brebm. 



243. Herodias ralloides (Scop.). 



244. Herodias bubulcus (Aud.). 



These three Egrets were common in suitable localities^ in 

 the Bahr-el-Ghazal Province. 



245. Butorides atricapillus (Afzel.). 



I saw the African Green Bittern on the Jur, Pongo, and 

 'Chell Rivers. 



246. Bal.exiceps rex Gould. 



We saw scores of Whale-headed Storks daily on tbe lower 

 portion of the Bahr-el-Ghazal River. 



247. Scopus umbretta Gm. 



The Hammerbead was common in tbe vicinity of water 

 from Mesbra to Chak Chak. 



248. CicoNiA nigra (Linn.j. 



I came on a party of six Black Storks at a pool in a 

 '^Wxoy" between Chak Chak and Dem Zubeir on 

 March 5th. Mr. W. R. G. Bond writes to me that be saw 

 one at Merowe, Dongola Province, on Jan. 18th, 1906. 



249. CicoNiA ABDiMii Liclit. 



I saw a single Abdim Bey^s Stork on tbe Erkowit plateau 

 on March 23rd, 1906. 



I noticed this species constantly on tbe Meshra-Wau- 

 Chak Chak march from January to April. 



250. Mycteria senegalensis (Shaw). 



Saddle-billed Storks were met with at intervals along the 

 White Nile, on the Bahr-el-Ghazal, and at most of tbe rivers 

 and " kbors " which we crossed between Mesbra and Chak 



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