398 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on 
the whole the climate was good, the heat not being intense 
until we returned to Khartum. The travelling was easy, but 
the servants and men, with a few exceptions, were the worst 
that I have ever employed. From the officials w^e met with 
every help and kindness. I have particularly to thank 
Major Mathews and Captains Parker and Mosant, of the 
Intelligence Department, and Dr. Keatinge, of the Cairo 
Medical School. I have also to offer my best thanks to 
Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, who has kindly arranged and determined 
the birds that we procured, and who provided me before- 
hand with all the available information about the country. 
II. List of the Birds procured, hy W. E. Ogilvie-Grant.; 
ivith Field-notes by R. M^D. Hawker. 
Although Mr. Hawker was disappointed with the results 
of this expedition as regards Birds, it will be seen that a 
very fine collection was brought home, and that many of the 
specimens are of very great interest and have led to important 
discoveries. As instances we may mention the Finch-Larks 
{Fyrrhulauda) J the Chats (Saocicold), the Green-backed 
Warblers {Camaroptera), the Wood-Hoopoes (Irrisor)^ the 
Barbets (Melanobucco)j and the Wood-Ibis {Pseudotantalus) . 
Species marked with an asterisk {^) were identified by 
Mr. Hawker, but are not represented in the collection. 
To save repetition, the titles of several of the works quoted 
in this paper have been abbreviated as follows : — 
Mr. Witherby's article (Ibis, 1901, pp. 237-278) is quoted 
as '' Witherby " or " W.'' 
Messrs. Grant and Heid's article (Ibis, 1901, pp. 607- 
699, pi. xiii.) is quoted as " Grant & Beid.^^ 
Messrs. N. C. Rothschild and WoUaston^s article (Ibis, 
1902, pp. 1-33, pi. i.) is quoted as '^ N. C. Roths. & 
Wollast.^' or " R. & W.^' 
The following fifty-five species have been recorded by 
Mr. H. F. Witherby and by Messrs. N. C. Rothschild and 
Wollaston as occurring on the Lower White Nile between 
Abba Island and Khartum, but their names are not included 
