440 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Graat on 
111. *Neophron percnopterus. 
Neophron 'percnopterus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
i. p. 17 (1874) ; Witherby, p. 271 ; N. C. Boths. & WoUast. 
p. 29. 
[The Egyptian Vulture was common about Khartum^, but 
was rarer further south. — B. M. H.] 
112. *Neophron monachus. 
Neophron monachus (Temm.) ; Sharpe^ Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
i. p. 19 (1874). 
[This Vulture was very common south of Benk. It came 
round the camp and helped to clear away scraps of meat^ 
while it was useful in cleaning up the skulls of the larger 
game.— B. M. H.] 
113. Circus ^ruginosus. 
Circus (nrvginosus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit, Mus. i. 
p. 69 (1874); Grant, Ibis, 1901, p. 292. 
«. ? . Fashoda, 21st March. No. 153. 
Iris brown; bill, cere, and gape horn-coloured; legs and 
feet dirty yellow. 
[We found the Marsh- Harrier fairly common. — B. M. H.] 
114. MiLVUS iEGYPTIUS. 
Milvus cegyptius (Gmel.) ; Witherby, p. 270 ; Grant & 
Beid, p. 681 ; N. C. Boths. & Wollast. p. 28 ; Gates, Cat. 
Eggs Brit. Mus. ii. pp. 285, 378 (1902). 
a,b. ? . Kaka, 2nd March. No. 97. 
c. ? . Eashoda, 29th March. No. 234 f. 
d. S pull. Eashoda, 2nd April. No. 289. 
e. Pull. Eashoda, 2nd April. No. 290. 
Adult. Iris hazel; bill, cere, gape, orbits, legs, and feet 
yellow. 
Pull. Iris dark hazel ; bill slaty grey, yellow at base ; legs 
and feet yellowish white. 
[I found many Egyptian Kites breeding near Eashoda. 
The nests were generally made of sticks, but I saw several 
made of reeds ; we procured five sets of two eggs each. 
These Kites used to follow us when walking through the long 
t Breeding ; eggs taken. 
