956 CAPT. STANLEY S. FL0WEB ON THE [Dec. 18, 



in. B1EDS. 



Family Cobvid^e. 



Coevus scapulatus Daud. 



This very fine black-and-white Crow was seen on the White 

 Nile, from within half a day's steaming south of Omdurman to 

 Lake No, and on the Sobat and Bahr-el-Zeraf ; it was numerous 

 round native villages and camps. During twelve days I stayed 

 in and about Omdurman in April and May, I did not see a single 

 Crow, but I have met this species further north, at Shendy. 



On the 22nd March, in a tree by Fashoda Fort, I saw two Crows 

 of a smaller species, all black. 



Family Dtceueid.e. 



Buchanga assimilis (Bechst.). 



This Drongo, or King Crow, we noted near Fashoda and Gabt- 

 el-Meghahid. 



Family Tuedid^. 



SaXICOLA ffiNANTHE (L.). 



A Wheatear was shot at Gabt-el-Meghahid in March. 



Family Timelid^e. 



Pycnonotus absinoe (H. & E.). 



This Bulbul was not uncommon between Jebel Ain and Jebel 

 Ahmed Agar in April. 



Family Laniid^e. 



Laniabius ebytheogasteb Eiipp. 



A specimen of this Shrike was shot near Gabt-el-Meghahid in 

 March. 



Family Hieundinid^;. 



COTYLE BIPAEIA (L.). 



Sand-Martins wei'e seen in large numbers towards evening flying 

 over the water on the Bahr-el-Jebel every day, April 4th to 13th. 



Hieundo jethiopica Blanf. 



This Swallow was numerous on the Bahr-el-Jebel in April. 



Family Motacillid.e. 



A Pied Wagtail was seen on the White Nile at Abu Zeit on the 

 14th March, and at Fashoda on the 22nd, and a yellow-bellied 

 Wagtail near Heliat Nuer ou the 5th of April ; no specimens 

 were procured. 



