1918.] the Birds of the Aiij/lo- Egyptian Sudan. 603 



Sijlvietta rufescens transvaalensis, Eremomela flaviventris 

 alexanderi, Etminia longicauda loandae, and Hirundo puella 

 unitatis. 



We have to thank Mr. Butler for much information and 

 for allowing us to consult a valuable manuscript list of 

 Sudanese birds compiled by himself which has proved most 

 useful. Mr. Butler's notes have " A. L. B.'' appended to 

 them. 



Family ALAuniDiE. 



Alaemon alaudipes alaudipes. 



Certhilauda alaudipes (Desf.) ; Shelley, B. A. iii. p. 19. 

 Alcemon alaudipes (Desf.) ; Butlei-j Ibis, 1905, p. 307, 

 1908, p. 214. 



[B. coll.] 1 Shendi Mch., 2 Bir Nurayet Nov. Ber. ; 



6 Omdurman Apl.-Nov., 3 Khartoum Dec. Kh. 

 [C. & L. coll.] 6 Omdurman Mch. Kh. 



Alaemon alaudipes desertorum. 



Alauda desertorum Stanley, in Salt's Exped. Al)yss 1814, 

 App. p. 60 : Abyssinia. 



[C. & L. coll.] 2 Port Sudan Apl., 1 ur. Sinkat Apl. 



R.S. 

 This bird takes the place of the last along the shores and 

 on the islands of the Red Sea. 



Melanocorypha bimaculata. 



Aluuda bimaculata Menetries, Cat. Rais. Cauc. 1832, p. 37: 

 mountains near Talysch, Persia. 



Melanocorypha bimaculata (Men.); Shelley, B. A. iii. 

 p. \21. 



[H. coll.] 1 Bir Nigeim Nov. Ber. ; 1 Port Sudan Mch. 

 B,.S. ; 15 Khartoum Jan. Mch. Oct., 1 Omdurman 

 Feb., Kh. 



Calandrella brachydactyla brachydactyla. 

 Alauda brachydactyla Leisler, Wetterau. Gesellsch. Ann. ■ 

 iii. 1814, p. 357 : S. France. 



