I919] the Birds of the Aii(jlu-I'.(ji)i)tian ,Su(/an. 68'J 



Poliohierax semitorquatus. 



Falco seynitor (junta A. Smilli, Kcpc^it \\\\). JHofJ, j). 4I: 

 Old Latakoo, Jiechuanaliuul. 



Poliohierax semitorqaatw^ Reicliw. V. A. i. p. G 15. 



'llio African Falconet is reported hy Hcnj^liii from the 

 upper Nile near (Jondokoro, and from the Baiir cl Gliazal 

 Province. We know of no later examples. 



Pernis apivorus apivorus. 



Falco upivunxs Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. J 758, p. 91: 

 Europe, restricted type-locality : Sweden. 



Pernis apivorus apivorus Hartert, Viig. pal. Faun. |). 1181. 



[B. coll.] 1 Erkowit Apl. 3, U.S. 



A rare winter visitor to the eastern half of Africa. So far 

 as we know this is the first record from the Sudan. Our 

 specimen, a male, has a wing of 424 mm., and is presumably 

 referable to the typical race. 



Elanus cseruleus. 



Falco cceruleus Dest'. Hist, de I'Acad. R. des Sc. Paris, 

 1787-1789, p. 503, pi. xv. : Environs of Algiers. 



Elanus aeruleus Reichw. V. A. i. p. 615 : Butler, Ibis, 

 1905, p. 365, 1908, p. '.^51. 



[B. coll.] 5 Mongalia July-Sept. Mon. ; 1 Kajo Kaji 

 Apl. L.E. 



[C. & L. coll.] 1 nr. Lake No Mcli. U.N. 



[Chr. coll.] 1 Tembura Apl. E.G. 



The range of the Black-shouldered Kite in its various 

 forms is, except in cold climates, practically cosmopolitan. 



Milvus migrans migrans. 



Falco niip-ans Bodd.'i'ii])]. PI. Eid. 1783, p. 28: France 

 {apud Hartert). 



Milvus migrans migrans Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. p. 1169. 



The only definite Sudanese record we can trace is that of 

 an example secured by Emiu at Lado in Api-il. This speci- 

 men, which we have examined, is an undoubted adult 

 Black Kite. The adult is easily distinguishable from the 



