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Mr. A. L. Butler on Birds observed 
11. Hyphantornis galbula Rupp. 
a-f. Five males and one female. Khor Arbat, 2.5.08 to 
6.5.08. 
These Weavers were very plentiful, and busily engaged in 
building nests on the tamarisks and acacias near the stream. 
12. Oriolus galbula Linn. 
I only noticed the Golden Oriole twice in the Khor 
Arbat, on May 4th and 17th. Both individuals were adult 
males. 
13. Corvus appinis Rupp. 
This Crow was seen at Jebel Bawati and among the hills. 
14. Corvus umbrinus Sundev. 
This species was the common Crow round Port Sudan 
and on the coast. 
15. Lanius leuconotus Brehm. 
a. g (breeding). Khor Arbat, 13.5.08. 
b. g (breeding). Jebel Bawati, 9. 5. 08. 
These birds were noted daily throughout the month, and 
I think that most of them were breeding. On May 16th 
I found a nest containing four young, placed about four 
feet from the ground in a “Marakh^ bush ( Leptadenia 
spartium ). 
16. Lanius isabellinus Ehr. 
a. g • Khor Arbat, 4. 5. 08. 
An adult male in very perfect plumage. This was the 
only Isabelline Shrike I noticed during the month. 
17. Lanius nubicus Licht. 
The Masked Shrike was common in the Khor Arbat. 
18. Bhodophoneus cruentus (Hempr. & Ehr.). 
a. g, Port Sudan, 18. 5.08. 
b. % . ), 
C- g juv. „ 
Seen a few times on the plain between Port Sudan and 
Khor Arbat. In the young male the pink of the breast 
extends up on to the throat, as in the adult, but is there 
