on Birds from Shendi, Sudan. 5 
from four to ten feet from the ground, either resting in a 
fork or suspended from a small branch ; it is made almost 
entirely of the down from the inside of the fruit of the 
Sodom-apple, bound together with spiders' webs, and lined 
with a few feathers. 
2. iEoiTHALUS PUNCTIFRONS Suud. 
348 S, 329 S, 349 ?. 
No. 3i8 is in very fresh plumage; the other two speci- 
mens are in abraded plumage, and shew the beginning of 
the moult. We only met with this species twice ; on both 
occasions in a small flock of about half a dozen individuals, 
and on both occasions our attention was drawn, to them by 
hearing their constantly repeated note, a high- pitched squeak 
very similar to that of the Gold-crest, which bird they 
closely resemble in their attitude and movements. They 
kept to the topmost flowering twigs of the larger acacias, 
and we had some difficulty in obtaining our specimens. 
X 3. MOTACILLA ALBA LiuU. 
226 ? , 348 d', 43 ? , 258 ? , 45 S, 278 ? . 
This was one of the commonest of the riverside birds. 
Individuals were nearly always seen in pairs, and we thought 
that they shewed signs of breeding, but no nest was found. 
Many of them were extraordinarily tame ; an old male, 
with a particularly fine black shield, used to run in and out 
of the tents without showing the least sign of fear. 
4. ^MoTACILLA VIDUA Suud. 
One was seen at Wad-Habushi, at the foot of the Sixth 
Cataract, on March 18th. The rocky nature of the river 
and river-banks there is very like that at Assuan, where 
this species is common. 
5. ^MoTACILLA PLAVA LiuU. 
Small parties of this Wagtail, generally numbering three 
or four individuals, were seen on migration during March. 
The first was seen on March 2nd. 
6. Anthus campestris (Linn.). 
374 S ' 
One specimen was shot out of a small flock on March 16th. 
