ORNITHODCROS (QPJTITHaDCROS ) SAVIGNYI (Audouin, 1827^. 



(Figures 8 to 12) 

 THE EYED TAMPAN* 



DISTRIBUTION IN THE SUDAN 



Central and northern Provinces (Mng 1908,1911,1926). 



Localities reported in literature and from which I have seen 

 specimens are: 



Par fur ; 15 miles northwest of Fasher (SGC), Nyala (horsej 

 SVS;. TIoTiocality (Bl^lNH). 



Kordofan : El Obeid (camel yard; SCO, SVS). "Several local- 

 ities'" ^King 1911, BaKour 1911EJ. 



Blue Nile ; Wad Medani (camel yard; SGG, HH). Wad Raiya and 

 Kbsti CSGC;. 



Kassala ; Karora and Goz Rageb (on human; SGC). Khor llashi 

 hills south of Tokar, Bir Qui Tiri (Tinder tamarisk tree near well; 

 SGC J. 



Khartoum ; Khartoum (cattle quarantine station; HH). Khartoum, 

 Shambat (H. W. Bedford 1939). "Oasis near Khartoum" (King 1911, 

 Balfour 1911E). 



Northern ; Dongola (D'finitz 1906). Wadi Haifa and Abu Hamed 

 (camel yards; HH). 



DISTRIBUTION 



0, sayignyi is distributed locally through arid parts of North, 

 East, "and South Africa, the Near East, India, and Ceylon. The Near 



*In South Africa, called "The Sand Tampan'" (Theiler 1952A,B), 



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