262 Mr. A. L. Butler on the 



286. ^GIALITIS CANTIANA (Lath.). 



a. <^ . Khartounij 4. 11. 07. 



b. S. „ 12.11.07. 



c. ?. „ 1.3.11.07. 



Abundant in the winter between Khartoum and the White 

 Nile. Perhaps these African Kentish Plovers should stand 

 as yE. alexandrinus (Linn.). 



287. Pavoncella pugnax (Linn.). 



I saw some large flights of liuffs on the open plain at 

 Amien on April 19th. 



288. Totanus stagnatilis Bechst. 

 a. $. Khartoum, 11. 11.07. 



289. ToTANU>i ocHROPus (Linn.). 



I flushed the Green Sandpiper occasionally at pools and 

 ''khors^^ at various points along our route in the Bahr-el- 

 Ghazal Province. 



290. Tringoides hypoleucus (Linn.). 



The same remarks apply to the Common Sandpiper. 



291. Gallinago c(elestis (Frenz.). 

 a. ^. Khartoum, 12. 11.07. 



6. ?. „ 20.11.07. 



c- ?. 



We saw a few Snipe at various ponds and '^ khors " between 

 Meshra and Chak Chak from January to the middle of 

 March. 



292. Gallinago gallinula (Linn.). 



a. Sex ? Kawa, White Nile, 27. 11. 05. 

 Shot^ and kindly given to me, by Captain Danford, R.E. 

 The only Soudan specimen that 1 have seen. 



293. (Edicnemus senegalensis Swains. 

 a. ? . Chak Chak, 24. 3. 07. 



This Thick-knee was common along the Jur, Pongo, and 

 Chell Rivers. 



294. QCdicnemus affinis Riipp. 

 a. ? . Lake No, 12.1.06. 



The specimen from Lake No was kindly given to me by 



