I920.] the Birds of the Anglo-tSgyptian Sudan. 825 



Gallinula chloropus cliloropus. 



Fulicd cliloropus Linn. Syst. Nat. 1< tli cd. 1758, |). 152: 

 Europe, lei^trictecl ty[)c-locality England. 



Gallinula chloropus Butler, Ibis, 1005, p. 385, 1908, 

 p. 257. 



[B. coll.] 1 Khartoum, Oct. 20. 



This bird, an imiuature male with a wing of 180 mm., we 

 must consider to be a wanderer from the north, and not a 

 local breeding bird. In fact, we do not know of any 

 definite record of the African Moorhen [G. c. brachypttra 

 Brehm) ever having occurred in the Sudan. We should 

 expect, however, that it will be found in the south of the 

 country. Mr. Butler mentions that most of the Moorhens 

 he saw at Khartoum were in a more or less exhausted state. 

 Claude Grant (Ibis, 1915, pp. 47-49) gives a revision of the 

 races of the Moorhen. 



Gallinula angulata. 



Gallinula angulata Sund. ffifv. K. Vet.-Ak. Forh. Stockh. 

 1850, p. 110: Interior of " Caffraria " ; Reichw. V. A. i. 

 p. 295. 



Mr. Butler records a specimen as being captured alive 

 at Singa Sen. by Capt. S. Flower. A second Sudanese 

 example is included in the collection sent recently by 

 Mr. King from Kajo Kaji L.E. collected on Jan. 25tli, 1917. 



Porphyrio alleni. 



Porphyrio alleni Thomps. Ann. Mag. Nut Hist. x. 1842, 

 p. 204 : Niger ; Keichw. V. A. i. p. 292. 



[B. coll.] 3 Malakal, 1 Taufikia June, U.N. 

 [C. & L. coll.] 1 Lake No Feb. U.N. 

 CouBned to the southern half of the country. 



Fulica atra atra. 



Fulica atra Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 152 ; 

 Europe, restricted type-locality Sweden; Ileicliw. V. A. i. 

 p. 297 ; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 385, 1908, p. 257. 



[B. coll.] 1 Omdurman Nov. Kh. 



A few stragglers as far south as Khartoum in winter. 



