1920.] the Birds of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. 801 



There are in tlie Museum four Stone-Curlews from 

 north-eastern Africa. They are all in worn plumage^ and 

 at first sight they all appear to differ considerably. There 

 are two from the Red Sea Pjoviiice, one from Lake Zwai in 

 Abyssinia, and one from Sngsoda in Sonialiland. These 

 birds Dr. Hartert was kind enough to examine, and we 

 agree with his conclusions. The Sonialiland bird is so pale 

 and small, wing 214 mm. (very worn), that it may even prove 

 to be a resident race in Sonialiland. The other three Dr. 

 Hartert considers must be regarded as more or less aberrant 

 examples of the typical race. A larger series of these birds 

 from Africa would be of considerable interest. 



(Edicnemus senegalensis. 



(J^dicneinus senegalensis Swaius. Bds. of W. Africa, ii. 

 1837, p. 228 : Senegal ; Reichw. V. A. i. p. 197 ; Butler, 

 Ibis. 1905. p. 398, 1908, p. 262, 1909, p. 90. 



[H. coll.] 1 Slierif Yakub June, B.N. ; 1 Roseires May, 



Sen. ; 1 Kadaru Jan. Kh. ; 1 Lake No May, 1 Hillet 



Nuer May, U N. ; I Shambe Jan. Mon. ; 1 Chak Chak, 



1 RaffaliFeb. B.G. 

 [C. & L. coll.] 1 Kaniisa Dec. Sen. ; 2 Tonga Feb. 



Mch., 2 near Lake No Feb., 1 White Nile lat. 9^° N. 



long. 31° E. Feb. U.N. 

 Very widely distributed. 



(Edicnemus capensis capensis. 



(J^dicnemns capensis Licht. Verz. Doubl. 1823, p. 69 : 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



(Edicnemus capensis capensis Claude Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 63. 



[B. coll.] 1 Wau Apl. E.G. 



We agree with Claude Grant, op. cit., that East African 

 specimens of G^. capensis cannot be separated from the 

 typical form. This single example from the Bahr el Ghazal 

 we are also unable to separate from that form. The dark 

 and heavily marked back and breast at once distinguish it 

 from G'J. c. affinis. This is, of course, considerable extension 

 of range of (E. c. capensis. 



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