xvi ILLUSTRATIONS 



KAI'K r.M.I. 



Battlefield of Omdurman, 1919 ....... 310 



On the Battlefield of Omdurman Graves of Dervish Emirs . . .310 



Between Sinkat and Sarrowit ....... 34-8 



On the Plateau of Sarrowit -. . . . . . 34^ 



Dragon-Tree and Caraib, near Sarrowit ...... 350 



Balanced Boulder, near Sarrowit . . . . . . 35 



The Red Sea Hills ........ 352 



Amongst the Red Sea Hills ..... -354 



Heads of Ariel . ........ 354 



No. I Nest of Desert-Lark, Sarrowit ...... 356 



No. 2 Nest of Desert-Lark, on Coast ...... 356 



No. 3 Nest of Desert-Sandlark . . . . . . .358 



No. 4 Nest-Cranny of Desert-Sandlark . ..... 358 



One of the " Khors " near Sarrowit . . . . . 360 



Raven's Eyrie near Sarrowit ....... 360 



Our Camelry trekking towards Erkowit . . . . . . 360 



In the Hills near Erkowit ....... 360 



On the Way to Erkowit ........ 376 



Euphorbias, near Erkowit ....... 376 



Giant Eland 4.08 



IN TEXT 



PACK 



" Thorns " ......... 3 



White-eared Cob ......... 8 



" Shall I Go ?" (Crocodile) ....... 19 



Desert-Gazelles at Home . ....... 25 



Bifasciated Desert-Lark ........ 28 



Cricket-Warbler . . . . . ... . .28 



Addra Gazelle ......... 30 



Nile Geese 



I-' 



Demoiselle Cranes ........ 43 



Egyptian Geese ......... 44 



Crowned Cranes ......... 45 



Heads of Spur-winged and Comb Geese ...... 47 



Sunset on White Nile Glossy Ibis ...... 49 



In the Twilight Cranes . . . . . . . .51 



Goliath Heron ......... 52 



" Gorged " (Crocodile) ........ 54 



Sacred Ibis ......... 56 



In the Riverside Trees (Egrets and Darters) ..... 58 



Hagedash Ibis ......... 59 



A Spook-like Apparition (Openbill Stork) . . . . -59 



