1920.] the Birds of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. 815 



[B. coll.] 3 Khartouni Nov. & Dec; 1 Ajum Jan. E.G. 

 [C. & L. coll.] 1 White Nile lat. 15° N. W.N. ; 1 Taufikia 

 Jan. U.N. ■ 



The Caspian Sand-Plover is abundant and widely dis. 

 trihuted in winter. 



Charadrins (Pagoa) leschenaulti. 



Charadrhis leschenaulti Lesson, Diet. Sei. Nat. xlii. 1826 

 (edition Levranlt), p. 36 : Pondicherry. 



Charadrius geofruyi Wagler ; Reichw. V. A. i. p. 166 et 

 anct. 



ACgialitis geoffruyi Butler, Ibis, 1909, p. 405. 



The Large Sand-Plover is recorded from " Nubia ^' by 

 Heraprich and Elirenberg. Mr. Butler noticed this species 

 at ]*ort Sudan, at which locality some birds remained till 

 as late a date as May .'26th. 



Charadrius (Eudromias) morinellus 



Charadrius morinella Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, 

 p. 150 : Europe, restricted type-locality Sweden. 



A s[)ecimen is reported by Vierthaler from the Blue Nile, 

 but it seems a very uncertain record. There seems, however, 

 no reason why the Dotterel should not occur in the country 

 in winter. 



There are two other Plovers as yet unrecorded from the 

 Sudan which might be expected to occur. One, the Golden 

 Plover, P/avialis apricarius Linn., has been found as far 

 south as Somaliland and Aden, and the other, the western 

 race of the Mongolian Sand-Dotterel, Charadriiis [Cirrepi- 

 desmus) mongohis atrifrons Wagl., has been recorded from 

 the Red Sea coast to the south of our limits. 



Family Vanellid^. 



Stephanibyx melanopterus melanopterus. 



Charadrius melanopterus Cretzschm. Atlas, 1826, p. 46, 

 pi. 31 : Djedda, Arabia. 



Stephanibyx melanopterus Reichw. V. A. i. p. 179. 



Riippell records a specimen of this bird from "Nubia." 

 We should not regard it as admissil)le to the Sudanese list 

 without further confirmation. 



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