682 Messrs. Sclater and Mackwortli-Praed nn [Ibis, 



[B. coll.] 5 Roseires Apl.-Sept., 1 Abu Sheneina Apl. 

 Sen. ; 2 Jebil Melbis Apl. Kor. ; 2 Wau Jan. & 

 Apl. E.G. 

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



We have examined the fairly representative series of some 

 eightv-five skins of this species in the British Museum, 

 and are strongly in agreement witli Claude Grant that no 

 races should at present be recognized. 



Family Tytonid^. 



Tyto alba affinis. 



Strix affinis Layard, Birds S. Afr, 1867, p. 42 : Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



Strix flaimnea apud Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 360. 



Tyto alha affinis Claude Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 258. 



[B. coll.] 1 Khartoum Mch.; 1 Bahr el Zeraf June, U.N.; 

 1 " Sudan/' 



[C. & L. coll.] 2 Jebel Zeraf Feb. U.N. 



We cannot separate these Sudanese specimens from 

 typical T. a. affinis (Layard) from South Africa, Whether 

 or not any other form ever occurs in the northern parts of 

 the Sudan, we cannot say as we have no material. In 

 examining the whole series of Barn-Owls from Africa in the 

 Museum collection, we found very little variation from any 

 part of the continent, except that two birds — one from 

 Sierra Leone, and the other from Jarko, Upper Nigeria — 

 were rather distinct and apparently much more like T. a. alba 

 from southern Europe. 



Family Falconid.^. 



Falco peregrinus peregrinus. 



Falco peregrinus Tunstall, Orn. Brit. 1771, p. 1 : Great 

 Britain. 



Falco peregrinus peregrinus Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. p. 1043. 



[C. & L. coll.] 1 Marbeit Jan. U.N. 



We have no doubt that this is a specimen of the typical 

 Northern European Peregrine, although it is a long way out 



