Birds from the White Nile. 463 



24th Jan., are remarkable : the former has the entire head 

 and neck pure white, the latter has a white ring round the 

 neck. Whether these birds are partial albinos in their 

 ordinary winter plumage or males of the white type beginning 

 to assume their summer plumage seems uncertain, but I am 

 inclined to believe the former suggestion to be correct. 



187. Tringa minuta. 



Tringa minuta Leisl. ; Witherby, p. 277. 



a. $ . Khartum, 26th January. No. 22. 



b,c. ? . Omdurman, 2nd Feb. Nos, 30 & 31. 



Iris dark hazel; legs and feet black. 



The Little Stints are all in full winter plumage. 



188. Tringa subarquata. 



Tringa subarquata (Giild.) ; Grant & Reid, p. G93. 

 a,b. (J ? . Goz-Abu-Gumar, 19th May. Nos. 515 & 

 516. 



Iris hazel ; bill and legs black. 



A pair of Curlew-Sandpipers are in full breeding- plumage. 



189. *Gallinago gallinula. 

 Gallinago gallinula, Grant & Reid, p. 693. 



[I shot a Jack-Snipe near Fashoda in April. It was very 

 fat, and was the only one that I saw. — R. M. H.] 



190. GaLLINAGO GALLINAGO. 



Gallinago gallinago (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxiv. p. 633 (1896). 



a. S • Fashoda, 22nd March. No. 166. 



A Snipe has the iris hazel, the bill dark grey, lighter at 

 the base, and the legs and feet dark brown, greyish on the 

 tarsi. 



191. ROSTRATULA CAPENSIS. 



Rostratula capensis (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxiv. p. 683 (1896). 



a,b. c?. Fashoda, 31st March. Nos. 261 & 262. 



Two male Painted Snipes have the iris hazel, the bill dusky, 

 paler below, and the legs and feet dusky. 



