on the Bed Sea Coast in May 1908. 397 
8th to the 12th I travelled inland among barren hills where 
there was little cover, and on my return I saw no more 
Barred Warblers, though for several days later the Black¬ 
caps and Garden-Warblers remained as plentiful as before. 
All specimens of these three species were in perfect plumage, 
and I made some beautiful skins of them, though it required 
time and patience to turn them out unsoiled, as they were 
simply little balls of fat, which melted into oil directly I 
started working on them in the extreme heat ; and, unless 
a cheap thermometer deceived me, the temperature one 
afternoon rose to 135° in my tent, when the sun was 
full on it. 
On the Nile the Barred Warbler seems quite uncommon. 
Witherby met with a few, but neither Bothschild and 
Wollaston nor Hawker came across it. At Khartoum I have 
only recognised it once, in October. 
28. Sylvia blanfordi Seebohm. 
a. S • Khor Arbat, 4. 5. 08. 
This, a male in breeding condition, was the only specimen 
of Blanford’s Warbler that I noticed. 
29. Sylvia curruca (Linn.). 
a. $ . Khor Arbat, 2. 5.08. 
b. $. „ 3.5.08. 
The Lesser Whitethroat was plentiful from May 1st to 
May 5th, but I did not note it after May 9th. 
30. Sylvia cinerea Bechst. 
a. S • Port Sudan, 30. 4. 08. 
This example is the only greater Whitethroat that I have 
so far identified in the Sudan. 
31. Aedon galactodes (Temm.). 
a . $ (breeding). Khor Arbat, 13.5.08. 
Bufous Warblers were common in the Khor Arbat, and 
were probably breeding in the tamarisk-thickets. 
32. Buticilla phcenicurus (Linn.). 
Either I was too late for the migrating Bedstarts or I was 
not on their line. One individual at Port Sudan on April 
