Birds from the White Nile. 3 



therefore by no means easy to determine. But the determination 

 has been revised by Prof. Reichenow and so may surely be 

 regarded as reliable. 



13. Lagonoesticta rufopicta (Fraser) smc. From Khartum 

 southwards. 



(This note is kindly communicated to me by my friend Dr. Innes Bey.) 



14. Lamprotornis purpuropterus Bxtpp. As soon as the brush- 

 wood commenced a score of miles or a little farther north of 

 ed Dueim, we met with these beautiful birds. They were very 

 common round the Arab huts opposite G-oz Abu-Gomr and there 

 they were very tame, quite like starlings at a farm. But out in 

 the brushwood farther south they could be shy enough. They 

 belonged to the subspecies aenocephalus Heugl. 



15. Lamprocolius chalybeus Hempr. Ehrbg. From a little 

 south of Dueim to Grhrab el Aish south of Kaka we saw this 

 exceedingly beautiful bird. 



16. Corvus scapulatus Daud. The farther south we came 

 the more common this beautiful crow was found to be. It fre- 

 quented especially inhabited places like Kaka and G-ebelein. Be- 

 tween the neighbourhood of the 6 th cataract (and of Shendy) and 

 the neighbourhood of Gebel Auli it was not observed by me. 



17. Heterocorax capensis Licht. sm c. This raven I shot on 

 the sawannahs in the neighbourhood of our terminal station. It 

 was by no means common. 



18. Corvus umbrinus (Hedenb.) Sundev. *. Observed in the 

 desert near Wadi Haifa and near Kerreri. 



19. Prionops poliocephala (Stanley) smc . A single speci- 

 men of this bird was shot not far from our farthest station on 

 the 7 th of March. 



20. Batis orientalis (Heugl.) smc. Shot near the limit of our 

 journey at Ghrab el Aish. 



21. Tchitrea viridis (St. Mull.) (= Terpsiphone cristata (Gtmel.)) 

 SM( *. Shot near our farthest station at Grhrab el Aish. 



22. Lanius excubitorius Des Murs. A specimen of this 

 shrike was shot not far north of Dueim on the 8 th of February. 



