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INDEX 



BABBLER, Lichtenstein's desert-, 359, 



360 



Babblers, 117, 227, 324 

 Baboons, 283, 290, 322, 379, 406 

 Baggara Arabs, 13, 37, 66, 71 

 Bahr-el-Ghazal, 71, 93, 258, 405 

 Baker, Sir Samuel, 21, 38, 91, 96, 121, 



144, 198, 210, 223, 224, 225, 274, 



342, 423 



Balaniceps rex, 268, 408 

 Balanitis egyptiaca, 101 

 Barbary wild sheep, 32, 401 

 Barbet, pearl-spotted, 384 



red-headed, 293 

 Barbets, 117, 227, 255, 285, 324 

 Barracouta, 386 



Barrage, first on Blue Nile, 311 

 Bateleur eagle, 329 

 Batis, 1 1 8, 255 

 Bats, 120, 121, 250, 296, 381, 397 



golden-winged, 324 

 Bee-eaters, 61, 66, 67, 117, 127, 254, 

 284, 293, 321, 383 



bridled, 318, 323, 324 



nocturnal, 296 



Nubian, 284, 295 



white- throated, 293 

 Bees, wild, 73, 122, 408 

 Beetles, 70 



water-, 268 

 Begonias, 375 

 Berberris, 372 

 Big-game on Blue Nile and Binder, 



329 



Bills of birds (specialised), 60, 237 

 Birds, breeding season of, 1 1, 226 

 Bishop-finch, 284, 313 



stork, 115, 116 

 Bitter melon, 83 

 Bittern, green, 397 ; little, 58 

 Blackcap warbler, 255, 304, 392 

 Black-shouldered kite, 286, 287 

 Blackstart, 391 

 Black water-rail, 266 

 Blane, General C. T., 343 

 Blep harts, 351 

 Bless-buck, 81 



Blood-tapping by savages, 209 

 Blue mountain-thrush, 391 



Blue rock-doves, 360 



Blue-throat, 391 



Bolam, George, 330 



Bone, alteration in growth of solid, 



338, 372 

 Bonito, 386 

 Bontebuck, 81 

 Booby, 389 

 Booted eagle, 317 

 Bradyornis, 255 

 Brindled gnu, 9, 424 

 "Bru-bru," 317 ( = Bush-shrike) 

 Bubalis, 93 



nakurce, 94 



neumanni, 94 



fora, 94 



Bubo, 124, 227, 360, 383 

 Bucerosia, 375 

 Buffalo, 71, 99, 101, 178, 211, 212, 242, 



282, 329, 406 



haunts and habits of, 189 

 Bulbul, 255, 304, 383 

 Bullheads, 236 

 Bulrush, 242 

 Buntings, 304, 320, 384 

 Burning of grass, 17, 120, 142, 173, 



210, 218 



Bushbuck, harnessed, 102, 339 

 Bushbucks, 132, 282, 339 

 Bush-chats, 319 

 Bush-cuckoo, 58, 265, 286( = Coucal) 



gazelles, 343, 345 



lark, 59, 147, 208 

 a new, 148 



robin, 317, 348 



shrike, 317 



warbler, green-backed, 383 

 Bustard, Hartlaub's, 120, 253 



large, 69, 99, 120, 253 



Lo vat's, 70, 120, 253 

 Butastor rufipennis, 62, 109, 121, 255 

 Buteo desertorum, 62, 121, 348, 383 

 Butler, Mr A. L., 19, 33, 51, 63, 121, 

 122, 146, 159, 176, 212, 225, 255, 



283, 293, 321, 342, 345, 391, 392, 

 397, 398, 399, 420, 430 



Butorides atricapilla, 397 

 Butterflies, 17, 381 

 not preyed on by birds, 18 



