400 Mr. W. U. Osilvie-Grant on 
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h. S' Kaka, 8th March. No. 120. 
c, S • 20 miles N. of Fashoda. No. 844 f. 
d,e. S ^ ' Kaka, 4th May. Nos. 432, 433 f. 
/. S • Kaka, 4th May. No. 434. 
Tris dark hazel; bill, legs, and feet black. 
[I only met with the African Rook in a small district 
extending from the south and west o£ Kaka to Fashoda. It 
was generally found near the villages, and had a very harsh 
cry. When sitting on a tree it puffs out the feathers on its 
head and neck, which gives it the appearance of having a 
very large head. Its nest is generally placed on the end of 
a very thin bough ; it is beautifully made of smallish thorn- 
branches with an outer lining of fibre and an inner lining 
of the felted hair o£ animals. The eggs, three in number, 
are rosy white, freckled and blotched with maroon and dark 
cinnamon. — R. M. H.J 
2. CORVUS SCAPULATUS. 
Corvus scapnlatus Daud. ; Witherby, p. 249 j Grant & 
Reid, p. 610; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. p. 13. 
a. S- Jebel Ain, 11th Feb. No. 48. 
b. S • Kaka, 4th May. No. 431 %. 
Iris hazel ; bill, legs, and feet black. 
[The White-bellied Crow is the commonest member of the 
Corvidse on the White Nile. It is very plentiful south of 
Jebel Ain. I took several nests. They are placed at the 
end of very thin boughs, and are therefore rather difficult 
to get at. I shot one bird ofif a nest, and three days after- 
wards I saw that its mate was sitting. Eggs were procured 
at about 20 miles north of Fashoda. — R. M. H.] 
3. "^CoilVUS UMBRIXUS. 
Corvus wiibnnus Sundev. ; Grant, Nov. Zool. vii. p. 245 
(1900) ; Witherby, p. 250; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. p. 13. 
[I only observed one pair of this Raven on the White 
Nile, and these were seen on Abba Island. — 11. ]M. H.] 
t Breeding. 
\ Breeding ; three eggs taken. 
