444 Mr. M. J. 'NicoW—Contribntions 



CEdicnemus (EDICNEMUS. 



CEdicnemus crepitans Shelley, p. 230. 



I have an adult female Saharan Stone-Curlew, shot on 

 May 21st, 1910_, by Mr. Balboni, who also sent me two egga 

 of the bird. This form differs from the typical Stone- 

 Curlew in being paler and more sandy coloured on the upper 

 })urts. 



CEdicnemus senegalensis. 



QLdicnemus senegalensis Nicoll, Ibis 1909, p. 642. 



Until I found the Senegal Stone-Curlew to be a common 

 resident near Cairo — in fact f/ie common Stonc-Cuj^lew of 

 Lower Egypt, it had not previously been recorded from 

 anywhere north of Luxor. 



During my visit to the Wadi Natron in March 1910 I saw 

 a pair of these birds at close quarters, and in May of that 

 year Mr. Balboni gave me two eggs of this species which he 

 had taken in the Wadi. 



The eggs of the Senegal Stone-Curlew are easily distin- 

 guishable from those of CE. os. sahar(B by the bold black 

 blotches, and shew none of the fine waved lines which are 

 characteristic of the Saharan and t^^pical QLdicnemi. 



Glareola pratincola Linn., and 



Glareola pratincola melanoptera auctorum. 



Glareola py-atincola Linn., Shelley, p. 227. 



Glareola nordmamii Fisclier, Shelley, p. 229. 



Glareola pratincola Linn., Nicoll, Ibis, 1909, p. C43. 



Although my previous remarks on the two so-called forms 

 of Pratincole have been received with much friendly criticism, 

 I still adhere to the opinion that the Common and Black- 

 winged forms are not separable, but are merely varieties 

 of the same race. I now have a fair series of Egyptian 

 specimens of Pratincoles, and find that not one of the so-called 

 differences is constant. G. p. melanoptera is said to have 

 the under wing-coverts and axillaries entirely black and the 

 secondaries tiot tipped with white. I certainly have such 

 specimens, but I also have some with red under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries, but no white on the secondaries I 



