Birds from the White Nile. 467 
b^d. S ? . Ed-Duem, 22nd & 23rd May. Nos. 544, 
558, 565. 
Iris hazel ; bill black ; legs and feet vinaceous. 
[The Senegal Turtle-Dove was fairly common. — R. M. H.] 
203. Chalcopelia afra. 
Chalcopelia afra (Linn.) ; Witherby, p. 267 ; Grant & 
Reid, p. 697. 
a. ? . Kaka, 23rd April. No. 394. 
b. Ad. Renk, 12th May. No. 467. 
c,d. c^ ? . Goz-Abu-Gumar, 19th May. Nos. 498, 524. 
e. S' Ed-Duem, 22nd May. No. 554. 
Iris hazel ; bill black in male, dusky in female ; legs and 
feet vinaceous. 
[The Metallic Spotted Dove is a very strong flyer. We 
found it common about Abba Island. — R. M. H.] 
204. (E.vA capensis. 
(JEna capensis Linn. ; Witherby, p. 267 ; Grant & Reid, 
p. 696 ; R. C. Roths. & Wollast. p. 26. 
a, ^ . Fashoda, 1st April. No. 274. 
Iris hazel ; bill vinaceous, brownish at the tip ; legs and 
feet vinaceous. 
[The Long-tailed African Dove was very common south 
of Ed-Duem. I found it nesting in a garden at Khartum. 
— R.M.H.] 
205. Pteroclurus exustus. 
Pteroclurus exustus (Temm.) ; Witherby, p. 275 ; Grant, 
Ibis, 1901, p. 298 ; id. & Reid, p. 697. 
Pterocles exustus Temm.; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. p. 31. 
a,b. (^ ? . Ed-Duem, 22nd May. Nos. 535, 536. 
Iris hazel ; bill yellowish grey ; feet yellowish white. 
[We found the Common Pin-tailed Sand-Grouse very 
abundant from Khartum as far south as Ed-Duem. — 
R. M. H.] 
206. Pterocles quadricinctus. 
Pterocles quadricinctus Temm. ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 334. 
a,b. ^ ? . Renk, 12th May. Nos. 469, 470. 
Iris hazel ; bill, legs, and feet reddish horn-coloured. 
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