PHILLIPS: BIRDS FROM THE SUDAN. 5 
NUMIDIDAE. 
NvuMIDA PTILORHYNCHA PTILORYNCHA (Lichtenstein). 
2 2’s, Gabardi, Blue-Nile, 31 Dec.; El Garef, 9 Jan. 
Seen in enormous numbers along our whole route. 
PTEROCLIDIDAE. 
PTEROCLIS QUADRICINCTUS Temminck. 
Pair, Fazogli, Blue-Nile, 18 Jan. and 20 Jan. 
Common along Blue-Nile. 
TRERONIDAE. 
VINAGO WAALIA WAALIA (Gmelin). 
3 specimens; 1 o’, Gebel Fazogli, Blue-Nile, 18 Jan.; Um Orug, 
Dinder, 16 Feb. 
As has often been remarked, this bird is almost confined to the fig 
tree. We did not find it in large numbers. 
COLUMBIDAE. 
COLUMBA GUINEA PHAEONOTA (G. R. Gray). 
1 2, Roseires, Blue-Nile, 13 Jan. 
Not a common bird. Seen in pairs here and there in rocky places. 
PERISTERIDAE. 
TURTUR ISABELLINUS Bonaparte. 
1 o’, Sennar, Blue-Nile, 25 Dec. 
This can not be a common bird for our region, although we may 
have seen it and mistaken it for Streptopelia vinacea schoanus. 
STREPTOPELIA DECIPIENS (Finsch & Hartlaub). 
1 o’, El Serifa, Blue-Nile, 15 Jan. 
Very common. 
