Birds from the White Nile. 409 
Iris hazel ; bill horn-coloured ; legs and feet fleshy horn- 
coloured. 
[I only saw Cretzschmar's Bunting near Khartum. — 
E. M. H.] 
24. Melanocorypha bimaculata. 
Melanocorypha bimaculata (Menetr.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 
Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 555 (1890). 
a-c. S $ . Wad Shalai, 5th Feb. Nos. 42-44. 
Iris hazel ; bill horn-coloured^ dark above and at tip of 
lower mandible ; legs and feet fleshy horn-coloured. 
[I only saw one flock of Double-spotted Calandra Larks ; 
they were on their way to water. — B. M. H.] 
25. MlRAFRA ERYTHROPYGIA. 
Mirafra erythropygia (Strickl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xiii. p. 619 (1890); Alexander, Ibis, 1902, p. 292. 
a. S- Kenk, 10th May. No. 462. 
Iris hazel ; bill dusky, paler at base below ; legs and feet 
pale horn-coloured. 
This very rare Lark is only represented in the British 
Museum Collection by two specimens, one of which has been 
recently forwarded from the Zeraf by Capt. H. Dunn. The 
specimen before us is in worn plumage and is just commencing 
to moult its flight-feathers, the innermost primary and 
outermost secondary quills being partially grown on either 
side. Capt. Boyd Alexander was fortunate in procuring a 
number of these Larks in the Gold Coast Colony. 
[I only saw one scattered flock of Bufous-rumped Bush- 
Larks. They were very wild and perched on the tops of 
trees and bushes, so that I had great difficulty in procuring 
a specimen. — R. M. H.] 
26. MlRAFRA ALBICAUDA. 
Mirafra albicauda Beichenow, J. f. O. 1891, p. 223; id. 
Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 203 (1894). 
a-g. c? ? . 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 12th April. Nos. 
328-334 t. 
h. ? . Kaka, 2nd May. No. 425. 
Iris hazel ; bill dusky, pale below ; legs horn-coloured. 
t Nos. 328, 331, 332 are said to have been breeding birds. 
