1919-] the Birds of the Anglo- Egyptian Sudan. 681 



1912, p. 81, from the upper Blue Nile^ 1)ut from its wing 

 formula and size, it does not appear to belong to tlie Otus 

 scops group but to the Otus capensis, and as lie does not 

 compare it with the latter we cannot offer an opinion. 



Otus leucotis leucotis. 



Striu! leucotis Temm. PL Col. livr. 3, 1824, pi. 16: 

 Senegal. 



Otus leucotis leucotis Claude Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 254. 



Scops leucotis Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 361, 1908, p. 249. 



[B. coll.] 1 Atbara May, Ber. ; I Khartoum Dec.; 1 Bara 

 Nov. Kor. 



We cannot separate Sudanese examples of the White- 

 faced Scops Owl from typical north-west African specimens. 

 The amount of black on the head varies with age, though 

 of course the adults invariably have more than there is in 

 0. I. grand (KoUibay) from South Africa. 



Carine noctua spilogaster. 



Athene spilogastra Heuglin, J. f. O. 1862, p. 14 : near 

 Massaua. 



Athene noctua spilogaster Butler, Ibis, 1909, p. 401. 



[B. coll.] 1 Jebel Bawati May, U.S. 



[C. & L. coll.] 1 Sinkat Mch. R.S. 



This Little Owl has frequently been recorded from 

 Somaliland by various authors and collectors, but as showu 

 l)y Reichenow (V. A. iii. p. 822) the Somaliland bird is 

 totally distinct, the striped head of the present race distin- 

 guishing it at once from the plain brown or slightly spotted 

 head of the Somaliland form. The latter must be known as 

 C. n. somaliensis lleichw. (Vog. Afr. iii. 1905, p. 822). 

 These two specimens of C n. spilogaster are the first to 

 reach the British Museum. 



Glaucidium perlatum. 



Strix perlata Vieill. Nouv. Diet. vii. 1817, p. 26 : Senegal. 

 Glaucidium perlatum Claude Grant, Ibis^ 1915, p. 256 ; 

 Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 361, 1908, p. 249, 1909, p. 86. 



