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INDEX 
Babbler, Lichtenstein’s desert-, 359, 
360 
Babblers, 117, 227, 324 
Baboons, 283, 290, 322, 379, 406 
Baggara Arabs, 13, 37, 66, 71 
Bahr-el-Ghazal, 71, 93, 258, 405 
Baker, Sir Samuel, 21, 38, 91, 96, 121, 
144, 198, 210, 223, 224, 225, 274, 
342 , 423 
Balcenicefts rex , 268, 408 
Balanitis egyptiaca , 101 
Barbary wild sheep, 32, 401 
Barbet, pearl-spotted, 384 
red-headed, 293 
Barbets, 117, 227, 255, 285, 324 
Barracouta, 386 
Barrage, first on Blue Nile, 311 
Bateleur eagle, 329 
Batis, 118, 255 
Bats, 120, 121, 250, 296, 381, 397 
golden-winged, 324 
Bee-eaters, 61, 66, 67, 117, 127, 254, 
284, 293, 321, 383 
bridled, 318, 323, 324 
nocturnal, 296 
Nubian, 284, 295 
white-throated, 293 
Bees, wild, 73, 122, 408 
Beetles, 70 
water-, 268 
Begonias, 375 
Berberris , 372 
Big-game on Blue Nile and Dinder, 
329 
Bills of birds (specialised), 60, 237 
Birds, breeding season of, 11, 226 
Bishop-finch, 284, 313 
stork, 115, 116 
Bitter melon, 83 
Bittern, green, 397 ; little, 58 
Blackcap warbler, 255, 304, 392 
Black-shouldered kite, 286, 287 
Blackstart, 391 
Black water-rail, 266 
Blane, General C. T., 343 
Blepharis , 351 
Bless-buck, 81 
Blood-tapping by savages, 209 
Blue mountain-thrush, 391 
Blue rock-doves, 360 
Blue-throat, 391 
Bolam, George, 330 
Bone, alteration in growth of solid, 
338 , 372 
Bonito, 386 
Bontebuck, 81 
Booby, 389 
Booted eagle, 317 
Bradyornis , 255 
Brindled gnu, 9, 424 
“Bru-bru,” 317 ( = Bush-shrike) 
Bubalis , 93 
nakurce , 94 
neumanni , 94 
tora i 94 
Bubo, , 124, 227, 360, 383 
Bucerosia , 375 
Buffalo, 71, 99, 101, 178, 211, 212, 242, 
282, 329, 406 
haunts and habits of, 189 
Bulbul, 255, 304, 383 
Bullheads, 236 
Bulrush, 242 
Buntings, 304, 320, 384 
Burning of grass, 17, 120, 142, 173, 
210, 218 
Bushbuck, harnessed, 102, 339 
Bushbucks, 132, 282, 339 
Bush-chats, 319 
Bush-cuckoo, 58, 265, 286 ( = Coucal) 
gazelles, 343, 345 
lark, 59, 147, 208 
a new, 148 
robin, 317, 348 
shrike, 317 
warbler, green-backed, 383 
Bustard, Hartlaub’s, 120, 253 
large, 69, 99, 120, 253 
Lovat’s, 70, 120, 253 
Butastor rufipennis, 62, 109, 121, 255 
Buteo desertorum , 62, 121, 348, 383 
Butler, Mr A. L., 19, 33, 51, 63, 121, 
122, 146, 159, 176, 212, 225, 255, 
283, 293, 321, 342, 345, 391, 392, 
397 , 398 , 399 , 420, 430 
Butorides atricapilla , 397 
Butterflies, 17, 381 
not preyed on by birds, 18 
