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Family Vulturh>.$. 



Either Gyps fulvus or an allied species was seen both on the Zeraf 

 and the Ghazal ; and a smaller Vulture, probably Pseudogyps 

 africanus (Salvad.), on the Zeraf. Otogyps aurimlaris (Daud.) 

 was noted on the 18th March a few miles north of Eenk, and 

 occasionally again further south. The common Egyptian Vulture, 

 Neophron percnopterus (Linn.), was seen from time to time along 

 the "White iSile from Omdurman to Fashoda, and also on the 

 Zeraf. A Vulture shot on the Zeraf, about seventy or eighty miles 

 from its mouth, on the 25th March was apparently Neophron 

 monachus (Temm.). 



Family Falconidje. 

 Circus macrurus (Gmel.). 



Harrier shot near Abu Zeit, 14th March : iris golden shot with 

 bronze, eyelid and cere yellow, bill black, legs and feet orange, 

 claws black. 



Melierax sp. inc. 



Seen near Eenk on the 19th March, and on the Zeraf on the 

 24th and 26th. 



Lophoaetus occipitalis (Daud.). 



"We saw only one specimen of this beautiful dark-crested Eagle, 

 in a tree near Eenk, on the 19th of March. 



Haliaetus yocieer (Daud.). 



The Vociferous Sea-Eagle was noted on 33 out of the 47 clays we 

 were south of Khartoum, along the White Nile from Omdurman 

 to Lake No, and on the Sobat, Zeraf, Jebel, Ghazal, and Arab rivers, 

 and it was numerous on Lake Ambadi. On the 21st March I noted 

 of this species " a noisy bird, often heard calling." From the 23rd 

 March to the 13th April they were generally seen in pairs. 



Milvus jegyptius (Gmel.). 



The common Nile Kite was noted on 27 out of the 47 days, along 

 the White Nile, Sobat, Zeraf, Jebel, Ghazal, and Arab rivers. On 

 this last river a specimen was shot for identification. This Kite 

 was also noted in Khartoum in March, April, and May. 



Cerohneis tinnunculus (L.). 



The Kestrel was noted at Abu Zeit on the 14th of March, and 

 on the Zeraf on the 24th of March. 



Family Phalacrocoracid.e. 

 Phalacrocorax sp. inc. 

 Cormorants were seen on the White Nile between Abu Zeit and 



