476 On the Birds of the Anglo-Egyptian Stfdan. [Ibis, 



from Eritrea, Abyssinia, and northern Somaliland, was 

 described by Heuglin from eastern Sennar. There are no 

 examples in the Butler collection or in the British Museum 

 from within the boundaries of the Sudan, though there is 

 no reason to doubt its occurrence within its limits. 



Petronia dentata dentata. 



Petronia dentata (Sund.) ; Shelley, B. A. iii. p. 261. 



[B. coll.] 3 Roseires Aug. Sept. Sen. ; 1 Pongo R. Feb., 



3 Chak Chak Feb. Mch., 2 Wau Mch. Apl., 3 Raffali 



Feb. B.G. 

 [C. & L. coll.] 8 Kamisa Dec. Sen. ; 3 Melut Jan., 



1 Mouth of Sobat R. Jan., 1 Kodok Mch., 2 Renk 



Mch. U.N. 

 We have examined the whole series of this species in the 

 Museum collection, but have failed to find any sufficiently 

 distinctive racial characters, except in the case of two 

 immature birds from southern Abyssinia which have already 

 been commented on by O.-Grant (Ibis, 1913, p. 580), though 

 he does not state that they are considerably darker than the 

 typical form which probably came from Eritrea. The 

 Roseires birds are somewhat paler than the Bahr-el-Ghazal 

 birds in the Butler collection, but this may very likely be 

 seasonal. 



Erythrospiza githaginea githaginea. 



Erythrospiza githaginea (Licht.) ; Shelley, B. A. iii. 

 p. 170. 



[C. & L. coll.] 2 Jebel Okum nr. Sinkat Mch. R.S. 



The Sudan is rather south of the range of this bird, 

 though Brehm found it plentiful in the Bajuda desert south 

 of Dongola. There is one other specimen in the Museum 

 from Kerma, near the 3rd Cataract in Berber Province. 

 It has not apparently been previously recorded from the 

 Red Sea Province, but Mr. Butler informs us that he has 

 met with it in flocks and has shot specimens at Jebel Erba 

 and Jebel Karbosh, both in the Red Sea Province. 

 [To be continued.] 



