1918.] the Birds of the AngJo-Bgyptian Sudan. 441 



As regards A. c. buraensis AVettstein (Anz. Akad. Wicii, 

 1916, No. 13, pp. 131-5: Bara, N. Kordofan), we can offer 

 no opinion, as we have no specimens from Kordofan. We 

 siiould, however, consider it unlikely that a race from that 

 locality should be separal)le from the very closely related 

 A. c. cmitans to the west and A. c. inornata to the east. 



Uraeginthus bengalus iigandae ? 



UrcBginthus bengalus ugundce Zedlitz, J. f. 0. 1911, p. 600: 

 Entebbe. 



Estrilda phmnicotis (Swains.) ; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 319, 

 1908, p. 219, 1909, p. 78. 

 [B. coll.] 1 Gallabat May, Kas. ; 1 nr. Tonj Dec, 3 Wau 



Apl. B.G. ; 1 Bor, Won. 

 [C. & L. coll.] 3 Kamisa Dec. Sen. ; 2 nr. Lake No Feb. 



U.N. 

 [Chr. coll.] 1 Yambio Mch., 1 Tembura Apl., 2 Wau 



July-Aug., B.W. 

 The Ruby-cheeked Cordon-bleu has been divided into a 

 lar^e number of subspecies by Neumann, Reichenow, and 

 Zedlitz. According to the list given by the latter iiuthor 

 our form should be referred to the Uganda race. 



Our birds are certainly paler than the north-west African 

 form. According to Neumann and Zedlitz the form oc- 

 curring on the lower White Nile is again distinct in 

 consequence of its paler colour and smaller size, and this 

 has been named U. b. perpaUidus, but ihe material in the 

 Museum is hardly sufficient to settle the status of the various 

 races. 



A female from Gallabat and three males from Kamisa 

 should be referred according to Zedlitz to U. h. seiiafemis, 

 but we are unable to distinguish them from the Bahr-el- 

 Ghazal race, and we feel sure that Zedlitz has made manv 

 more races than can be finally upheld. 



Estrilda astrild macmillani. 



Estrilda macmillani O. -Grant, Bull. B. 0. C. xix. 1907, 

 p. 108 : Baro river. 



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