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Show 1900.] FAUNA OF THE WHITE NILE. 965 the 2nd of April, and near Kaka on the 18th. Notes on the former specimen :-Iris golden. Bill greenish. Length, wing 14| inches, tail 7 inches, tarsus 6 inches ; bill, culmen 1| inches, tip to gape 2j inches. EUPODOTIS ARABS (L.). " Oubara " of the Arabs. This large Bustard was occasionally seen on the White Nile, Zeraf, and Ghazal rivers. Family GSDICNEMIDJE. OZDICNEMUS sp. inc. Thickknees were seen near Kaka on the 21st March, near Gabt-el-Meghahid 15th April, near Fashoda 17th April, and were numerous on the Zeraf and Ghazal rivers. Family CURSORIIDJE. PLUVIANUS AEGYPTIUS (L.). Only seen on Lake Ambadi on the 31st March, and on the Bahr-el-Jebel on the 14th April. Family PARRIDJE. PHYLLOPEZUS AFRICANUS (Gm.). This white-faced red Jacana was seen solitary or in little flocks of four or five individuals, occasionally on the White Nile from Long Tom southwards, and frequently on Lake Ambadi and the Zeraf, Jebel, Ghazal, and Arab rivers. Family CHARADRIID^E. HOPLOPTERUS SPINOSUS (L.). This Plover was noted on 25 days out of the 47: on the White Nile from near Omdurman to Lake No, and on the Zeraf, Jebel, Ghazal, and Arab rivers. HlMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS (L.). Stilts were seen near El Duem, Abu Zeit, Jebel Ain, &c. on the White Nile, a little south of Heliat Nuer on the Bahr-el-Jebel, and on the Bahr-el-Arab. EECURVIROSTRA AVOCETTA (L.). Noted Avocets on the 12th of March a little north of El Duem. NUMENIUS ARQUATUS (L.). NUMENIUS PH^EOPUS (L.). Both Curlews and Whimbrels noted in the northern part of tbe White Nile in March. 63* |