802 ?»Iessrs. Sclater and Mackwortli-Praed on [Ibis, 



(Edicnemus capensis affinis. 



CEdicnemus affinis Iliippell, Mas. Seuck. ii. 1837, p. 210 : 

 Kordofan ; Butler, Ibis, 1908, p 2G2, 1909, p. 90. 



[B. coll.] 1 Jebelein Jan. W.N. ; 1 Lake No Jan. U.N. 



[C. & L. coll.] 2 nr. Tonga Feb., 1 White Nile lat. 10° N. 

 Jan. U.N. 



These birds are probably typical G^. c. affinis, though we 

 liave no Kordofan examples with which to compare them. 

 Claude Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 63, unites with this form the 

 Somaliland birds, but we are by no means cerlain that this 

 is correct, the latter appearing to us to be lighter :;nd more 

 finely stri|)ed on the back, while on the uudeiside the 

 striping is continued further down the breast and the 

 ground-colour is not so white. Possibly the Somaliland 

 form is the sauie as that described by Zedlitz from Dahlak 

 Island in the Red Sea under the name of Oil. c. ehrenbergi 

 (O. M. 1910, p. 9). 



Family DromadidjE. 

 Dromas ardeola. 



Dromas ardeola Payk. Vet.-Ak. Handl. Stockh. xwi. 

 1805, p. 182, pi. 8 : India; Reichw. V. A. i. p. 202. 

 [B. coll.] 2 Port Sudan May, R.S. 



Family Glareolid.e. 



Glareola pratincola limbata ? 



Glareola limbata Rii[)p. Syst. Uebers. Viig. Nordost-Afr. 

 1845, p. 113: Djeddah = Jiddah, Red Sea coast of Arabia. 



Glareola pratincola apud Butler, Ibis, ]9{)5, p. 400. 



[B. coll.] 6 Khartoum Dec, Feb., Apl. 18. 



[C. & L. coll.] 2 Bahr el Zeraf Feb. U.N. 



We are very uncertain as to whether these Pratincoles are 

 really G p. limbata — or, indeed, as to whether that race can 

 really be separated from G. p. pratincola at all. Dr. Hartert 

 gives a review of the races in Nov. Zool. xxiii. pp. 89-91, and 

 says that this race is resident in Africa and is not a winter 



