452 Messrs. Sclater and Mackworth-Praed on [Ibis, 



The type-specimen of this race, described by Slielley, 

 appears to be abuoruially coloured, possibly due to some 

 preservative, as tlie i)arring on the belly has practically 

 disappeared and the feathers there have a washed-out dirty 

 bi-own appearance. Another example from Manda I., which 

 is practically the same locality, is like other East African 

 exam[)les of the same race. 



P. m. tanganjicce Reichenow (D. Zentral-Afr. Exped. iii. 

 Zool. i. 1910, p. 332: Usambara on Lake Tanganyika) 

 appears to be intermediate between P. m. kirki and 

 P. m. belli. 



P. m. afnis Elliot (Field Columbian V\\h\. Orn. i. 1897, 

 p. 34-: Ogaden, Somali) may possibly be a distinct race 

 confined to SomaliUmd, Init it is not the East African 

 race. 



The birds in the Butler collection from the Bahr el 

 Ghazal, as opposed to tlujse from Mongalla, aie somewhat 

 intermediate between P. m. kirki and P. m. citerior, bnt as 

 these two are veiy distinct, the intermediate form may 

 require another name. 



4. P. MELB.v souDANENsis Sharpc, Cat. Bds. B. M. xiii. 

 1890, p. 298 : type said to be from Khartoum, probably 

 from Eritrea. 



Like P. m. kirki, but paler on the underside ; under tail- 

 coverts strongly baried and breast-band yellower ; red 

 generally confined to the throat ; no grey eye-stripe. 



Distr. Blue Nile Provinces of the Sudan, Eritrea, 

 northern Abyssinia, and north Somaliland, 



With this form P.jessei Shelley (Bull. B. O. C. xiii. 1903, 

 p. 7Q\ Anseba river, Eritrea) is synonymous. 



The type of P. soudanensis, though labelled Khartoum, is 

 a dealer's skin, (jnite unlike the form occuriing at Khartoum, 

 but is quite similar to birds from Eritiea and probably came 

 from Keren, as suggested by Shelley. 



The birds in the Chapman & Lynes collection from the 

 Sennar district are not quite typical P. m. soudanensis, but 

 show traces of the lighter colouring of the next form. 



