1920.] the Birds uf the An(/to-liffi/ptia?i Sudan. 807 



Phijllopezus aj'ricaims Butler^ Ibis, 1905, p. 394, 1908, 

 p. .'261. 



[B. coll.] 1 Meshra R6m Feb., 3 Reiik May, 1 Lake No 

 Mch. U.N. ; ! Mongalla " summer," Mon. ; 1 Meshra 

 el Rek Mch. E.G. 



[C. & L. coll.] 1 Jebelein Jan., 2 Lake No Feb. U.N. 



[Chr. cojl.] 1 Wan July, E.G. 



Microparra capensis. 



Pairu capensis A. Smith, 111. Zool. 8. Af'r., Birds, 1839, 

 pi. 32 : Algoa Bay. 



Microparra capensis Reichw. V. A. i. p. 270. 



[C. & L. coll.] 1 mouth ol" Zeraf River Mch. U.N. 



Previously obtained within our limits by Hawker at 

 Fashoda, the only other Sudanese record known to us. 



Family Scolopacid^. 



Gallinago gallinago gallinago. 



Scolopax gallinago Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 147 : 

 Europe, restricted ty[)e-locality Sweden. 



Galtiuugo gatlinayo Reichw. V. A. i. [). 237. 



Gallinago ccelestis tFrenz.) ; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 398, 

 1908, p. 262. 



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



The Common Snipe is widely distributed in winter, never 

 in very large numbers together {A. L. B.). 



Gallinago nigripennis. 



Gatlinago nigripennis Bp. Icon. Faun. Ital., Ucc. 1832, 

 p. 4 of text to pi. 43 : Cape. 



The Ethiopian Snipe is recorded from Lado by Emin. 



Gallinago media. 



Scolopax media Latham, Gen. Svnops. Suppl. i. 1787, 

 p. 292 : England. 



[B. coll.] 4 Lado Apl. 15-18, L.E. 



