10 L. A. JagerskiOld. 



70. Oena capensis (L.) smc. This beautiful little dove was 

 very common in the bush along the White river. We met with it 

 also in the gardens of Khartum and northwards as far as Shendy. 



71. Pteroclurus exustus (Temm.). This sandgrouse was seen 

 in thousands coming down to the river in the early mornings 

 to drink. South of ed Dueim, or more exactly Kawa, w T e did not 

 observe it, and I suppose it is also wanting there. Its occur- 

 rence along the White River and the adjacent parts of the Nile 

 seems to have escaped earlier collectors and observers except 



WlTHERBY and ROTSCHILD & WOLLASTON. 



72. Pteroclurus senegallus (L.) *. Near Shendy my friend 

 Odhner found (on the 5 th of May) a nest containing 3 strongly 

 incubated eggs of a sandgrouse, probably Pteroclurus senegallus. 



73. Pterocles lichtensteini Temm. A specimen of this sand- 

 grouse was shot by my friend Odhner on the 28 th of April a 

 few miles S. of el Hobegi. It haunted a dreary desolate rocky 

 landscape. It was only observed that once. 



74. Francolinus clappertoni Childr. This beautiful francolin 

 was most common in the neighbourhood of Gebelein. My friend 

 Innes observed it also on Abba Island. 



75. Numida ptilorhyncha (Licht.) Less. From a place a few 

 miles south of Kawa the Guinea fowls (or Gedad as our men 

 called them) began to be common. In the early mornings the 

 were often found in large flocks near the river and late in the 

 afternoon they perched for the night in the trees. The Guinea 

 fowls were common everywhere as far south as we went, but 

 the most numerous flocks I observed at Gebelein where the 

 riverbanks literally swarmed with them about sunrise. 



76. Plegadis autumnalis (Hasselqu.) t (= Ibis falcinellus L.' 

 We only shot this ibis at a station not far from Waldo Koyel 

 and at Gebelein, but undoubtly it occurred also farther nortl 



77. Theristicus hagedash (Lath.). One of the most coramoi 

 birds all along the White river from a little north of ed Duein 

 southwards. North of Dueim it was more rarely to be seei 

 but I met with it on the 4 th of April near el Gerassi. Ven 

 likely that may prove to be its northern limit. 



