BIRDS 



Tchagra senegala erl anger i Jan 



Sphenorhynchus abdimii Jan 



Numida meleagris major Dec 



Lissotis m. meTanogaster Dec (2) 



domestic "chicken Jan 



domestic turkey Jan 



DISTRIBUTION IN THE SUDAN 



A. variegatiim occurs in Bquatoria, Bahr KL Ghazal, Kordofan 

 (= Niiba Moiintains^ and Upper Nile Province, and has been found on 

 Upper Nile cattle at the Wadi Haifa quarantine, bxit is not es- 

 tablished in Northern Province according to King (1926). 



The following are Sudan localities from which specimens, all 

 from cattle Tjnless otherwise noted , have been stxidied . 



Bahr Q Ghazal ; Meshra el Req (SGC). Lau, Akot, Yirol, Tali 

 Post, Kuru, Lake Nyubor, Peth, Raga, Khor Shamman, and Boro (SVS), 

 Wau (domestic horses, sheep, donkeys, pigs, cattle; SVS, HH) . 

 Busseri (domestic horse; SVS). Njambo (buffalo; SGC). Raga 

 (domestic goat, cattle; SGC). Aweng (domestic dog, cattle; SVS). 

 Feinjak (SVS, HH). Guar and nearby areas in GaluaL-Nyang Forest 

 (common on many individuals of tiang, buffalo, giraffe and roan 

 antelope; also on warthog, hartebeest, and domestic dog; nymphs 

 from spurfowl, Francolinus clappertoni ; SVS, HH). 15 miles north 

 of Tonj (tiang: SVSj. Het (tiang; SVS). Malek (nymph on Franco - 

 linus sp.; SVS). Lau River, 37 miles west of Yirol (nymph on 

 cane rat; SVS). Nymphs are very numerous on tiang in the dry 

 season and were also taken on buffalo and engorging on man . In 

 the wet season, adults replace nymphs on wild animals. 



Upper Nile: Khor Atar and Taoofikia (SGC). Duk Fadiat (cattle, 

 HH; warlhogTlTild pig; SVS). Malakal (SVS, HH). Ler (SVS). Bor 

 (SVS, HH). 



Darfur ; »Idd el Ghanam (SGC). Radom (SVS). 



Blue Nile: Roseires (SGC). 



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