26 Hon. N. C. llotlischild a7id Mr. A. F. R. Wollastou 
72. TuRTUR sENEGALENsis (Linn.). 
27 c?, 105 S, 129 cJ, 128 ? juv. 
This Turtle-Dove Mas very common at Shendi, but less so 
than T. roseogriseus. We found several nests ; the number 
of eggs was always two. They are glossy white ; average 
measurements 25*] by 195 and 24 by 19 mm. 
73. (Ena capensis (Linn.). 
52 6 , 104 6 , 105 6 , 149 6, 159 d, 235 6, 382 c?, 
383 6, 82 c? juv., 134 ? , 289 ? , 384 ? . 
We first saw this little long-tailed Dove at Berber, which 
may perhaps be considered its northernmost limit. At 
Shendi it was very plentiful and well distributed all over the 
country, a nest being even found in the desert ten or more 
miles from the river. 
We found the nest of this species several times, the first 
being on February 20th. It is the slightest possible structure 
of fine twigs and coarse grass, or sometimes of grass only, and 
is placed in a low bush, generally not more than three feet 
from the ground. The number of eggs was sometimes one, 
more often two. They are not white, like those of most 
CoIumbidcB, but are of a rich cream-colour, and have a hard 
and thick shell. Measurements: 20-1 by 16, 21-7 by 15*9, 
20 by 15-5, and 20*5 by 16 mm. 
74. Strix flammea maculata Brehm. 
423 c?, 427 c^, 434 c?, 424 ? , 428 ? , 442 ? , 438 (sex ?), 
439 (sex ?). 
Our specimens of the Barn-Owl agree very well with the 
types of Brehm's S.f. maculata now in the Tring Museum. 
They all have a dark strongly spotted upper surface ; and 
the under surface is also heavily marked with blackish spots, 
some of which are shaped very much like arrow-heads. 
In these features they differ from the Barn-Owl of Lower 
Egypt and the neighbourhood of Cairo, which E. Hartert 
(Nov. Zool. vii. p. 533) has provisionally united with the 
West-European and Mediterranean form, the S.f. Mrchhoffi 
of Brehm. The legs of our specimens also appear to be 
somewhat longer and more bare than in typical European 
specimens. 
