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Show 1900.] FAUNA OF THE WHITE NILE. 951 The following itinerary will help to localize the places mentioned in this paper, which are not marked in the ordinary atlases available:- 11th March, 1900. Leave Omdurman and proceed up the White Nile. 12th. Pass El Duem, and later Kowa. 13th. Cross 14° North lat. in morning, pass Goz Abu Goma, and arrive at Abu Zeit. 16th. Leave Abu Zeit. 17th. Pass Jebel Ain in morning. 18th. Eeach Eenk in evening. 19th. Eeach Long Tom in evening. 20th. Pass Jebel Ahmed Agar. 21st. Pass Kaka. 22nd. About 5 A.M. reach Fasboda, and about 9 P.M. the Sobat. 23rd. Eeach the base-camp of the sudd-cutting expedition near Gabt-el-Meghahid; about 5P.M., mouth of the Bahr-el-Zeraf. 24th-26th. Proceed about 50 miles up the Zeraf and back again. 27th. Proceed west along the White Nile, pass the mouth of the Bahr-el-Jebel, reach Lake No. 28th. Leave Lake No, proceed up the Bahr-el-Ghazal. 29th. Visit tributaries of the Bahr-el-Ghazal (tbe Bahr-el-Arab, proceeding about 12 miles up and back again ; the Bahr-el Homar found un navigable). 30th. On Lake Ambadi, near Meshra er Eek. 31st March-2nd April. Eeturn down the Bahr-el-Ghazal to Lake No. 3rd April. Proceed up the Babr-el-Jebel. 5th. Pass Heliat Nuer ( = Meshra Nuer, or Eljab Dok). 8th. Eeach neighbourhood of Shambe ( = Schambeh), about 7° 20' North latitude, and about 830 miles from Omdurman, and turn back on account of shallow water and want of fuel for the steamer. 14th. Get back to mouth of the Bahr-el-Jebel, and 11 P.M. reach Gabt-el-Meghahid. 16th. Proceed about 12 miles up the Sobat and down again. 17th. Eeach Fashoda. 26th. Arrive back at Omdurmar.. I have to acknowledge my deep sense of obligation to Sir William Garstin, K.C.M.G., and to Mr. C. Crawley for their assistance in noting facts of interest and in securing specimens during the two months I had the privilege of travelling with them on the Nile ; and to the officials of the British Museum of Natural History for their invariable kindness in helping me to work out the collections brought home. I am particularly indebted to Mr. Oldfield Thomas and to Mr. W . E. Ogilvie Grant. The nomenclature of the birds iu this paper is accordiug to the British Museum Catalogue, but the Orders are arranged as far as |