1920.] the Birds of the Anglo -Egyptian Sudan. 797 



Family Balearicid^ {i.e., Gruid^ auct.). 

 Megalornis grus grus. 



Arden grus Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 141 : 

 Europe, restricted type-locality Sweden. 

 Grus grus Reichw. V. A. i. p. 261. 

 Grus communis Bechst.; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 394. 

 [C. & L. coll.] 1 Singa Dec. Sen. 

 A winter migrant in large numbers. 



Anthropoides virgo. 



Ardea virgo Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed, 1758, p. 141 : 

 Habitat in Oriente. 



Anthi^opoldes virgo Reichw. V. A. i. p. 263. 



Grus virgo Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 394. 



[C. & L. coll.] 2 mouth of Sobat river Jan. U.N. 



The Demoiselle Crane visits the northern Sudan in 

 winter, but is not so abundant as the last species. 



Balearica pavonina ceciliae. 



Ba/earica cecilice Mitchell, Abstr. P. Z. S. 1904, No. 10, 

 p. 13: White Nile near Khartoum ; Butler, Ibis, 1908, 

 p. 260. 



Balearica pavonina apud Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 393. 



[B. coll.] 1 (pull.) Senga Nov. Sen.; 1 Kaka June, 



U.N. ; 1 (head and neck only) " Sudan." 

 [C. & L. coll.] 1 iir. Singa Dec. Sen.; 2 Kaka Jan., 



1 Tonga Feb., 2 Kodok xVIcli. U.N. 

 Widely distributed, in jjlaces abundant. For the forms 

 and distribution of tlie Crowned Crane, see Mitchell, P. Z. S. 

 1904, pp. 200-205. 



Family OTiDiDyE. 

 Otis (Eupodotis) arabs arabs. 



Otis arabs Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 154 : 

 Habitat in Oriente ; Reichw. V. A. i. p. 213 (part.). 

 [B. coll.] 1 Gedaref Apl. Kas. (head and neck only). 

 [C. & L. coll.] 1 Smkat Mch. R.S. (head and wing 

 only). 



