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114. Balearica pavonina (L.). A little north of Abba Island 

 the crowned cranes began to be very abundant. Their flying 

 gangs, formed like "snowploughs", or their flocks feeding or 

 dancing on the banks of the river constituted a ver}^ conspicuous 

 feature of the river scenery. Although they were not so common 

 farther south, we observed them all the way to Kaka. In the 

 evenings, single cranes belonging to this species were often see 

 roosting on the tops of high trees. 



115. Grus grus (L.) f. We met with enormous flocks o 

 the grey crane all the way from Khartum to a little south til 

 ed Dueim. Farther south where the riverbanks were marshy 

 and covered with high grass, there were no such cranes. On 

 our way back, during the last part of March and the beginning 

 of April, no cranes at all were to be seen. 



116. Anthropoides virgo (L.) f . Of this beautiful crane a few 

 very large flocks were likewise seen between Omdurman anc 

 Abba Island. South of this place I did not observe them 



117. Machetes pugnax (L.) t. Common on the banks of the 

 river between Omdurman and about ed Dueim. 



118. Limosa limosa (L.) f. We met with very large flocks o 

 this wader from Khartum southwards to about ed Dueim. I can't 

 remember having seen it in the region of the high reeds and grass. 



119. Tringa subarquata G-uld. t. In February, I often met 

 with flocks of 20 — 30 of this little wader in the damp meadows 

 along the northern parts of the White River. 



120. Tringa minuta Leist. In the marshy meadows along 

 the northern parts of the White River, flocks of this little sand- 

 piper were met with on our trip southward in the beginning o: 

 February, as well as on our return journey in the beginning o 

 April. About the latter time the richly brown summer plum;i 

 began to appear. 



121. Gallinago gallinago (L.) *. Now and then observed in 

 single specimens as far south as the neighbourhood of Kaka. 



122. Himantopus himantopus (L.). We met with small flocks 

 of the black-winged stilt now and then all the way from Abba 

 Island to the southern limit of our journey at Grhrab el Aish 



