1920.] the Birds of tlie Anglo -Egyptian Sudan. 791 



Melanophoyx ardesiaca. 



Ardea ardesiaca Wagl. Syst. Av., Ardea, 1827^ p. 189 : 

 Senegumbia. 



Melunuphoiix ardesiaca Reicliw. V. A. i. p. 373. 



Recorded l)y lieugliu from the Wliite Nile and Sobat 

 River, and from Lado by Emiu. 



Ardeola ralloides. 



Ardea ralloides Scopoli^ Annus i. Hist. Nat. 1769, p. 88: 

 Carniola. 



Ardeola ralloides Reichw. V. A. i. p. 374. 



Herodias ralloides Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 372, 1908, p. 255, 

 1909, p. 89. 



[C. & L. coll.] 1 Jebel Ahmed Agha, Jan. U.N. 



Ardeola ibis. 



Ardea ibis Linn. Syst. Nat. lOtli ed. 1758, p. 144: Egypt. 

 Bubulcus ibis Reichw. V. A. i. p. 381. 

 Herodias bubulcus (And.) ; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 372, 1908, 

 p. 255. 



[B. coll.] 2 Khartoum July; 1 Malakal May, 1 mouth 



of Zeraf river May, 3 Upper Nile " summer " Oct. 



Nov. U.N. ; 1 Wau Apl. B.G. 

 Extremely widely distributed. 



Butorides atricapilla atricapilla. 



Ardea atricapilla Afzelius, Kongl. Vet.-Akad. iiya Handl. 

 Stockh. XXV. 1804, p. 264 : Sierra Leone. 



Butorides atricapillus Reichw. V. A. i. p. 370; Butler, 

 Ibis, 1905, p. 373, 1908, p. 255. 



[B. coll.] 1 Sherif Yakub Oct. B.N. : 1 Kenisa May, 

 Mou. 



Generally distributed. 



Butorides brevipes. 



Ardea (Nycticorax) brevipes Hempr. & Elir. Symb. Ph}s. 

 Aves, i. 1823, fol. m, Note 2: " Habitat ad n\)ns Nili et ad 

 Maris rubri littus." 



Butorides brevipes Reichw. Y. A. i. p. 372- 



[B. coll.] 1 Port Sudan Apl. R.S. 



This species takes the place oi B. a. atricapilla on the shores 



