812 Messrs. Sclater and Mackwortli-Praed on [Ibis, 



Numetiius pluenjms lleiclnv. V. A. i. p. 210; Butler, Ibis, 

 1905, p. 397. 



Both the Curlew aiul Whimbrel occur fairly commonly 

 in winter and spring-. 



Family Rostratulid^. 



Rostratula bengaleiisis. 



Rallus benghalensis Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, 

 p. 153 : Asia. 



Rodratnla bengalensis Reichw, V. A. i. p. 237. 

 Rhyncheea capensis (Linii.) ; Butler, Ibis, 1905, |). 398. 

 Not a common bird in tiie Sudan. 



Fauiily IlECURVlUOSTRIDiE. 



Recurvirostra avosetta. 



Recurvirostra avosetta Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th cd. 1758, 

 p. 151 : Oland. 



liecarvirostra avocetta Keichw. V. A. i. p. 20(5; Butler, 

 Ibis, 1905, p. 398. 



The Avocet is scarce in the Sudan, though to be found on 

 the lower Blue and Wbite Niles and northwards. 



Himantopus himantopus. 



Charudi'ius hiinantopns Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, 

 p. 151 : Southern Europe. 



Himantojms himontopus Heichw. V. A. i. p. 207. 

 Himantopus candidus Bonn. ; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 398. 

 [CI. & L. coll.] 1 Tonga Feb. U.N. 

 The Stilt is comuion and widely distiibnted. 



Two other Waders whicb might be expected to occur in 

 the Sudan, but of which there is ms yet no definite record, 

 are the Terek Sandpiper, Terekia cinerea, and the Spotted 

 Redshank, Totanus {Erythroscelus) fuscus. Both have 

 occurred on the shores of the Red Sea to the south of Port 

 Sudan, 



