PHILLIPS: BIRDS FROM THE SUDAN. 9 



Falco biarmicus tanypterus (Schlegel). 



1 d", Singa, Blue-Nile, 28 Dec. 

 Not^^common. 



Falco ruficollis Swainson. 



Pair, El Garef, Blue-Nile, 8 Jan.; Magangani, 25 Jan. 

 Not common. 



Cerchneis tinnunculus tinnunculus (Linne). 



1 cf and 3 9's; Lakandi, Blue-Nile, 6 Feb.; Karkoj, 30 Dec; 

 Roseires, 25 Jan. ; Sennar, 25 Dec. 



Common everywhere as a migrant. 



Stridgidae. 

 Bubo maculosus cinerascens Guerin. 



2 cf 's, Magangani, Blue-Nile, 27 Jan.; Abu Tiga, 6 Feb. 

 Seen and heard in several places where trees were large. 



Otus capensis capensis (Smith). 



3 d^'s, Abu Zor, Blue-Nile, 21 Jan.; El Mesharat, 5 Feb.; El Serif a, 

 4 Jan. 



Common every^vhere in thorn forest. 



Athene noctua glaux (Savigny). 

 1 cf , Cairo, Egypt, 14 Dec. 



Psittacidae. 



Poicephalus meyeri meyeri (Cretzschmar). 



Pair, El Serif a, Blue-Nile, 14 Jan.; Abu Zor, 6 Jan. 

 Common on the Nile about Roseires but not seen north of El 

 Mesharat. 



