788 Messrs. Sclater and Mackworth-Praed on [Ibis, 



Dr. Sassi (Ann. Nat. Hist. Hol'mus. Wien, xxi. 1906, p. 52) 

 records an exam[)le from Dueui with mixed black and white 

 feathers on the underside. 



Alopochen aegyptiacus. 



Anus agyptiaca Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766, p. 197 : 

 Egypt. 



Chenalopex cegyptiacus Reich w. V. A. i. p. 131 ; Butler^ 

 Ibis, 1905, p. 383, 1908, p. 257. 



[C. & L. coll.] 1 White Nile Jan. 



The Egyptian Goose is particularly abundant on the 

 White Nile. 



Family PncENicoPTERiDiE, 



Phcenicopterus antiquorum. 



Phmnicopterus antiquorum Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2nd ed. ii. 

 1820, p. 587 : Europe. 



Phoeni copter us roseus Pall. ; Reichw. V. A. i. p. 349. 



The Flamingo is recorded by Heuglin from the White 

 Nile and Suakin. 



Phceniconaias minor. 



Phmnicopterus minor Geoffr. Bull. Sc. Soc. Philom. 1798, 

 p. 98 : Senegal ; Reichw. V. A. i. p. 352. 



Recorded by Riippell from the southern coast of the 

 Red Sea and by Mr. Butler from the White Nile. 



Family ARDEiDiE. 



Ardea cinerea cinerea. 



Ardea cinerea Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 143: 

 Europe, restricted type-locality Sweden ; Reichw. V. A. i. 

 p. 379; Butler, Ibis,* 1905, p. 372, 1908, p. 255. 



[B. coll.] 1 Khartoum Oct. 25. 



Ardea melanocephala. 



Ardea melanocephala Vig. & Childr. in Denh. & Clapp. 

 Trav. ii. App. 1826, p. 201, probably near Lake Chad; 

 Reichw. V. A. i. p. 380 ; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 372, 1908, 

 p. 255. 



