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These birds were mixed in the great flocks of the Sandpipers and Stints 
being before the migration. I shot more kinds in many examples from this 
association during the sail, but few of them were prepared whereas they 
made a good service for the feast. 
Tringa alpina, L. 
Tringa alpina, Linné, Syst. Nat. p. 149 (1758); Reichw., Vög. Aír. I. p. 229; Wi- 
THERBY, Ibis, 1901 p. 277. 
Pelidna alpina (L.) Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. XXIV. p. 602 (1896). 
? . Blue-Nile, 5. III. 1911. 
The Dunlin was seen associated with Curlew-sandpiper and little 
Stint in flocks on the borders and sandbanks of the rivers. 
Tringa minuta, Leisl. 
Tringa minuta, Leisl., Nachtr. Bechst. Naturg. Deutschi. I. p. 74 (1812); Reichw., 
Vög. Air. I. p. 233 (1900—1901); Witherby, Ibis, 1901. p. 277; Ogilv.-Grant, Ibis, 1902. 
p. 463 ; Butler, Ibis, 1905. p. 396. 
? . Blue-Nile, 5. III. 1911. 
Tringoides hypoleucus, L. 
Tringa hypoleuca, Linné, Syst. Nat. p. 149 (1758). 
Tringoides hypoleucus (L.) Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. XXIV. p. 456 (1896); 
Reichw. Vög. Aír. I. p. 224; Ogilv.-Grant, Ibis, 1902. p. 462; Butler, Ibis, 1905. p. 397, 
1908. p. 262. 
d. Abu-Hashim, 7. II. 1911. 
Ordo: GRUIFORMES. 
Farn. GRUIDAE. 
Grus grus (L.) 
Ardea grus, Linné, Syst. Nat. p. 141 (1758). 
Grus grus (L.) Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. XXIII. p. 250 (1894); Reichw., Vög. Air. 
I. p. 261 (1900 — 1901); Flower, Pr. Zool. Soc. 1900. p. 964; Ogilv.-Grant, Ibis, 1902. 
p. 452. 
Grus cinerea Bechst., Witherby, Ibis, 1901. p. 277. 
Grus communis, Bechst., Butler, Ibis, 1905. p. 394. 
The Grey-Crane is a winter visitor in Sudan from September to May, 
