on Birds from Shendi, Sudan. 23 
mud wall of a deserted house; we hoped that they were going 
to nest there, but they had not done so before we left Shendi. 
60. Merops pusillus P. L. S. Miiller. 
M, p. ocularis Keichen. Oru. Monatsb. 1900, p. 86. 
25 c?. , 
The fact that we saw and obtained only one specimen of 
this little Bee-eater at Shendi is rather remarkable, consider- 
ing how abundant it is at Khartum, where it may be said to 
share with Passer luteus the honour of being the commonest 
bird. 
61. Merops viridissimus Swains. 
71 c?,96 S, 127 <$, 126 c^, 243 c?,60 ?. 
The absence of the blue throat and other differences 
necessitate the separation of the African and Indian forms 
of this bird. 
This Bee-eater was exceedingly common at Shendi, some- 
times being seen in little flocks of five or six, more often in 
pairs. They were occasionally observed to go into holes 
in banks, but we did not succeed in finding a nest. 
62. Upupa epops Linn. 
227c?, 287 ?, 388 2. 
Erlanger has separated the Mediterranean form o£ Upupa 
epops as Upupa epops pallida (Journ. f. Orn. 1899, p. 15), but 
our Sudan specimens and others from North Africa in the 
Tring Museum do not seem to differ in any way from typical 
North-European specimens. 
There was a sudden immigration of Hoopoes on March 8th, 
after which they might be seen for a few days in almost every 
tree. 
63. LoPHocERos NASUTUs (Liun.). 
78 c?,245 S, 173 ?, 174 $, 246 $. 
These remarkably ugly Hornbills were fairly numerous at 
Shendi. They spend most of the day in the dhurra-fields 
along the river-banks, where they do a good deal of damage; 
at night they retire to the thick belt of trees which fringes 
the desert. Not the least remarkable feature of this bird is 
