1919] ihe Birds of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. 661 



Nicoll, Bull. B. O. C. xxvii. 1910, p. 11 : Mazghouna near 

 Cairo, of which Nicoll has seen specimens from the Sudan. 

 It is distinguished by its greener, less golden colour, wing- 

 measurement of British Museum examples averaging 63 mm. 

 We cannot, however, find any Sudanese birds in these or the 

 British Museum collections which we can definitely assign 

 to this race. 



Dr. Hartert points out (Nov. Zool. xvii. 1910, p. 482) 

 that this species must now he known as M. lamark 

 Cuvier. 



Merops nubicus nubicus. 



Merops nubicus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 1, 1788, p. 464 : 

 Nubia ; Reichw. V. A. ii. p. 3:29 ; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 352, 

 1908, p. 242, 1909, p. 85. 



[B. coll.] 1 Gallabat, 1 Setit R. May, Kas. ; 1 Blue 



Nile "winter," 1 Sherif Yakub June, Sen. ; 2 Bahr 



el Zeraf June, U.N. ; 2 Mongalla 'Summer"; 



1 Raffali Feb., 1 nr. Kojali Mcli , 3 Tembura Mch. & 



May, B.G. 

 [C. & L. coll.] 2 Siuga Dec. Sen. 

 [Chi-, coll.] 6 Meridi Jan. & Feb., 1 Mt. Baginzi Mch. 



E.G. 

 Abundant and widely distributed (^A. L. B.\ 



Merops albicollis. 



Merops albicollis Vieill, Nouv. Diet, xiv, 1817, p. 15 : 

 Senegal; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 351. 



Merops albicollis Reichw. V. A. ii. p. 317. 



[B. coll.] 1 Setit R. May, 1 Ummat Rumeila June, 

 Kas. ; 1 Fou Wells May, Sen. ; 4 Lado Feb. L.E. 



[Chr. coll.] 2 Yambio Mch. E.G. ; 2 Yei Nov. I.E. 



A widely distributed species in the Sudan. In the O. M. 

 xviii. 1910, p. 12, Parrot distinguishes the eastern and 

 north-eastern birds under the name of Merops albicollis 

 major from the north-west African form, on account of their 



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