PHILLIPS: BIRDS FROM THE SUDAN. if] 
The records from the Dinder River extend the range of this small 
form into the eastern Sudan. 
Uncommon. 
BATIS ORIENTALIS ORIENTALIS (Heuglin). 
1 Sf and2 9’s, Magangani, Blue-Nile, 26 Jan., 27 Jan. 
Fairly common. 
TCHITREA viRIDIS (Miiller). 
1 &, Um Orug, Dinder, 18 Feb. 
Rare, only seen twice; in dense thickets. 
PYCNONOTIDAE. 
PYCNONOTUS ARSINOE (Hemprich & Ehrenberg). 
2 o’’s, El Mesharat, Blue-Nile, 4 Jan.; El Garef, 8 Jan. 
One of the commonest birds in thickets along the river. 
TIMELIIDAE. 
CRATEROPUS LEUCOCEPHALUS (Cretzschmar). 
3 o’s, Abu Zor, Blue-Nile, 5 Jan; El Mesharat, 4 Jan. 
Fairly common in small flocks. 
TURDIDAE. 
PLANESTICUS PELIOS PELIOS (Bonaparte). 
1 f and2 9’s, El Garef, Blue-Nile, 8 Jan.; 18 Jan.; Fazogli, 8 Jan. 
Not common; seen singly in the southern part of our region. 
PHOENICURUS PHOENICURUS PHOENICURUS Linné. 
1 & and 2 Q’s, Magangani, Blue-Nile, 29 Jan., 1 Feb.; El Serifa, 
14 Jan. 
Not common. 
