1900.] FAUNA OF THE WHITE NILE. 957 



Family FeingillidjE. 



Passee domesticus (L.). 



The House-Sparrow was noted at Khartoum and Omdurman in 

 March, April, and May. 



Family StueniDjE. 



Lahprocolius sp. inc. 



A beautiful long-tailed Grlossy Starling, with bright yellow eye, 

 was very numerous, we must have seen hundreds, from Abu Zeit 

 to Eenk, 14th to 18th March. 



Family Ploceidj;. 



Urobrachya traversi Salvad. 



This Weaver-bird was seen in flocks of hundreds in the long 

 dry grass by the White Nile near Kaka. The rich red-brown and 

 black coloration of the wing, with a bright orange patch on it, 

 gives the bird a very handsome appearance when flying. 



Estrelda phoi;nicotis Swains. 



The Cordon Blue Waxbill was very numerous in the bush near 

 Jebel Ahmed Agar. One shot on the 19th of April had iris 

 crimson ; bill pink at base, turning brown towards tip ; legs and 

 feet very pale pinkish. 



Family Upcpid^!. 



Upupa epops L. 



A single Hoopoe was seen on three occasions : between Rink 

 and Long Tom on the 19th March, near Kaka on the 21st March, 

 and at the foot of Jebel Ahmed Agar on the 19th April. 



Family CAPRIMULGID.E. 



Beautiful and strange Nightjars were seen from time to time 

 on the White Nile, Zeraf, and Ghazal ; their long streamers were 

 visible against the sky as they flew round the steamer after sun- 

 set ; no specimens were procured. 



Family CoRAcm>.ffi. 

 Coeacias ABYSsrsricrrs Bodd. 



A long-tailed Roller, apparently of this species, was very common 

 about Abu Zeit on the 13th and 14th March. 



Family MbeopidjB. 

 Meeops albicollis Vieill. 

 Only seen on Jebel Ahmed Agar, 19th April. 



Meeops vieidis L. 



One shot near Benk, 21st April. 



