428 Messrs. Sclatcr and Mackwortli-Praed on [Ibis, 



which show through in places giving it a slightly spotted 

 appearance. The black streak through the eye resembles 

 that of O. auratus, but there is not so much yellow on the 

 wing. It does not seem possible to identify the bird with 

 any known species, but without more material we hesitate 

 to describe it as new. 



Family BuPHAGiDiE. 



Buphaga erythrorhyncha. 



Biiphaga erythrorhyncha (Stanley) ; Shelley, B. A. v. 

 p. 28 ; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 323. 

 [B. coll.] 1 Mongalla July Sept. 



Buphaga africana. 



Buphaga africana Linn. ; Shelley, B. A. v. p. 23. 



The Yellow-billed Oxpecker is also found in the Sudan, 

 Avhence it is recorded by Heugliu (Oru. N.O.-Afr. p. 718). 

 It was also obtaiued by Emiu at several localities in the 

 Lado Enclave. 



Family Eulabetid^. 



Onychognathus morio riippelli. 



Onychognathus morio rueppelli (Verr.) ; Shelley, B. A. v. 

 p. 105. 



[B. coll.] 1 Jebel Fazogli May, Sen. ; 1 Rejaf Apl. L.E. 



Pilorhinus albirostris. 



Ptilonorhynchus albirostris Riipp. N. Wirb. Vog. 1835, 

 p. 22, pi. 9: Abyssinia. 



Pilorhinus albirostris (Riipp.); Reicliw, Vog. A£r. ii. p. 704. 



Antinori, Cat. p. 62, states that he secured examples on 

 the road between Gedaref and Gallabat ; also one example 

 from the White Nile. There are no Sudanese examples in 

 the British Museum. 



Spreo superbus. 



Spreo superbus (Riipp.) ; Shelley, B. A. v. p. 89 ; Butler, 

 Ibis, 1908, p. 223. 



[B. coll.] 7 Mongalla July-Sept. 



