1919-] ihe Birds of the Anglo- Egyptian Sudan. G63 



the Welle (Alexander) and from Lake Albert (Blaine and 

 others), but we cannot admit it to the Sudanese list without 

 further evidence. 



Melittophagus bullock i frenatus. 



Merops frenatm Ilartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 257 : Sennar. 



Melittophagus frenatus Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 349, 1908, 

 p. 241, 1909, p. 85. 



Melittophagus bullocki frenatus Claude Grant, Ibis, 1915, 

 p. 298. 



[B. coll.] 2 Rahad R. Apl., 1 Roseires Aug. Sen. ; 

 1 Pongo R., 1 Chak Chak, 1 nr. Kojali Feb., 1 Wan 

 Mch. B.G. ; 1 Lado Feb. L.E. 



[C. & L. coll.] 1 Eneikliba, 4 Kamisa Dec. Sen. 



[Chr. coll.] 10 ^leridi Jan. & Feb., 1 Wan July, B.G. 



Apparently a common bird in the southern parts of the 

 Sudan. 



We have no hesitation in regarding Merops boleslaivskii 

 V. Pelz. Sitz. Ak. Wien, 1858, p. 320 : Senegal, which has 

 been recorded by Heuglin and others from the Sudan, as 

 simply a yellow-throated phase of this species. 



Dicrocercus hirundineus heuglini. 



Dicrocercus hirundineus heuglini Neumann, Bull. B. O. C. 

 xvi. 190G, p. 113 : Bongo, B.G. 



Dicrocercus furcatus (nee Stanley), Reichw. V. A. ii. 

 p. 316 ; Butler, Ibis, 1908, p. 241, 1909, p. 85. 



[B. coll.] 1 Mongalla, 1 Sheik Tombe May, Mon. ; 

 3 Pongo river Feb., 1 S. of Kojali Mch. B.G. 



[Chr. coll.] 2 Yarabio Mch. B.G. ; 3 Yei Nov. Dec. L.E. 



As regards this form we agree with what C. Grant (Ibis, 

 1915, p, 293) has written. 



Family IrrisoridjE. 

 Irrisor erythrorhynchns niloticus. 



Irrisur erytlirorliynchus niloticus Neumann, O. M. 1903, 

 p. 181 : Goz abu Guraa, W.N. ; Claude Grant, Ibis, 1915, 

 p. 284. 



3a2 



