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



Calandrella brachydadyla (Leisl.) ; Shelley, B. A. iii. 

 p. 129 ; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 308, 1908, p. 214. 



[B. coll.] 3 Jebel Tumblahit, 1 Wadi Mogileb Nov. 



Ber. ; 14 Khartoum Jau. Feb. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

 [C. & L. coll.] 2 Sinkat Mch. R.S. ; 1 near Senuar Jan. 

 Sen. ; 2 Omdurman Mch. Kh. ; 3 White Nile, 

 Lat. 14° & 15° N. Jan., 1 Taufikia Jan., 1 Renk 

 Mch. U.N. 

 The more eastern form, C. b. longipennis , has occurred in 

 Egypt on migration (Nicoll, Ibis_, 1912, p. 426j, and very 

 possibly occurs in the Sudan as well, though not yet 

 recorded. 



Calandrella minor minor. 



Calandritis minor Cabanis, Mus. Hein. i. 1851, p. 123 : 

 N.E. Africa. 



Calandrella minor minor (Cab.) ; Hartert, V. p. F. p. 218. 



Heuglin (Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 697) gives Nubia in spring 

 and autumn on migration, for this species, but there is no 

 later record. 



There are no Sudanese examples in the Museum. 



Mirafra fisclieri. 



Mirafra fischeri (Reichw.)j Shelley, B. A. iii. p. 43; 

 Butler, Ibis, 1908, p. 215. 



[B. coll.] i Makwak Jau. B.G. ; 2 nr. Rejaf Apl., 

 1 Kajo Kaji Mch. L.E. 



It is difficult to arrive at any satisfactory conclusions 

 in regard to this species. There are probably several races, 

 though the Lado birds agree very well with an example in 

 the Museum from Mombasa, close to the type-locality 

 Rabai. We are strongly of opinion that there are two 

 seasonal phases of this form — a reddish phase and a darker 

 blackish phase. The birds here catalogued, collected Jan.- 

 Apl., belong to the blackish phase, whereas an example 

 obtained by Emin Pasha at Wadelai in August is in the 

 rufous dress. 



Mirafra zombm of Jrant is founded on a Nyasaland bird 

 iu the blackish phase, and will probably be found to have a 



