2 L. A. JagerskiOld. 



1. Nectarinia metallica Licht. We met with this exceed- 

 ingly beautiful sunbird in the scrub along the railway line 

 between the Atbara and Shendy. Two specimens were secured 

 during a stop of a few minutes at a station. 



2. Motacilla alba L. *. This beautiful wagtail was rather com- 

 mon everywhere along the part of the White Biver visited by us. 



3. Motacilla flava L. *. On our trip along the river we 

 met with this wagtail as well, though not so often as with the 

 white one, which was indeed very common. 



4. Galerita cristata (L.) *. One of the first days of Fe- 

 bruary my friend Dr. Innes Bey found a nest with incubated 

 eggs of the crested Lark in it on the grass plain south of Khar- 

 tum. The embryos had already passed more than half their 

 development. As no skin of this bird was preserved, I cannot 

 give any particulars as to what subspecies it may have be- 

 longed to. 



5. Dicrurus afer (A. Lcht) (_D. divaricatus Licht.). A few spe- 

 cimens shot a little north of Renk towards the end of February. 



6. Emberiza caesia Cretschm. *j*. Shot in the brushwood 

 not far from Shendy one of the last days of January. 



7. Aedemosyne cantans Omel. smc. Bought living at Khartum. 



8. Quelea aethiopica Sundev smc. Shot near our farthest 

 station at Ghrab el Aish. 



9. Hypochera ultramarina Gmel. smc. This blue-bird was 

 observed as far to the north as near Shendy along the railway. 



10. Urobrachia phaenicea Heugl smc. A single specimen 

 was shot not far from Renk on the 18 th of March. 



11. Estrilda phaenicotis (Swains) smc. Shot on the 23 rd of 

 February at Mohadan Zeraf, where this species occurred in 

 great abundance. 



12. Ploceus dimidiatus Antin. Salvad. Of this weaver, 

 which was found to be very common in the dry reeds an( 

 grass between the river and Kaka, only two specimens wen 

 secured. Unfortunately both were males in winter dress an( 



