1920.] the Birds of the. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. 795 



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

 [Clir. coll.] 1 (no original label). 



Leptoptilus crumeniferus. 



Ciconia crumenifera Less. Traite, 1831, p. 585 : Senegal. 

 Leptoptilus crumemfer Reichw. V. A. i. p. 338 ; Butler, 

 Ibis, 1905, p. 381, 1908, p. 256. 



Fairly common and widely distril)uted. 



Anastomus lamelligerus. 



Anastomus lamelligerua Temm. PI. Col. v. 1823, pi. 236 : 

 Africa ; Heicluv. V. A. i. p. 335 ; Bntler, Ibis, 1905, p. 381, 

 1908, p. 256. 



[B. coll.] 2 Malakal May, U.N. 



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



Ibis ibis. 



Tantalus ibis Linn. Syst. Nat. 12tli ed. i. 1766, p. 241 : 

 Egypt. 



Pseudotantalus ibis Reichw. V. A. i. p. 333 ; Bntler, Ibis, 

 1905, p. 381. 



The African Wood-Ibis is widely distributed. There 

 happen to be no examples in the present collections. 



Family Plataleid^e. 



Platalea leucorodia. 



Platalea leucorodia Limi. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 139 : 

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

 i. p. 330 ; Butler, Ibis, 1908, p. 272. 



Platalea alba. 



Platalea alba Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. ii. 1786, 

 p. 92 (ex Sonncrat, Luzon !): probably Cape of Good Hope ; 

 Reichw. V. A. i. p. 331 ; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 372. 



Both the European and African Spoonbills are widely 

 distribntcd in the Sudan, though the African docs not 

 extend to the northern portions of the country nor the 

 European to the southern. 



