1920.] the Birds of the Auglo-Egijjdian Sudan. 841 



Fani i 1 y N u m i d 1 1)^ . 



Numida ptilorhyncha ptilorhyncha. 



Nuniidu ptilurhynclia Lesson, Tnute d'Orn. 1831, p. 498 : 

 JMareb river, N. Al)yssiiiia [cf. (ylaude Grant, Ibis, 1915, 

 p. 2G) ; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 388, 1908, p. 260. 



[B. coll.] 3 Jebel Ahmed Aglia Jan. U.N. 



[C. & L. coll.] 2 Kamisa Dec. Sen. 



Claude Grant has revievveil these i)irds in ' The Ibis,' 1915, 

 pp. 24—30, and, until we liave a great deal more materiul 

 than is at present available, we are content to abide by his 

 conclusions. The specimens above we believe to belong to 

 the typical race, but Claude Grant is ot" oj)iuion that those 

 collected by Hawker at Kaka U.N. are N.p. major Hartl. 

 It is |)robable. tlierefore, that N. p. ytilorlnjncha is the race 

 inhabiting the northern half of the country, and that 

 N . p. major enters it from the south, and there is no exact 

 demarcation possible between the two. 



Family Phasianid^e. 

 Coturnix coturnix coturnix. 



Teirao cuturnix Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758;, p. 101 : 

 Europe, Asia, Africa ; restricted type-locality Sweden. 

 Coturnix comuiunis (Bonn.) ; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 387. 



[B. coll.] 1 Erkowit, 1 Kamobsana Mcli. R.S. ; 1 Shendi 

 May, Ber. ; 5 Khartoum Nov. l)ec. Apl. 



[C. & L. coll.] 2 near Kamisa Dec. Sen. 



Dr. llartert has reviewed the forms of the Common Quail 

 in Nov. Zool. xxiv. 1917, pp. 420-425. Our specimens 

 appear to be undoubtedly of the typical race. 



Coturnix delegorguei. 



Coturnix delc(jor(juci Deleg. Voy. Afr, Austr. ii. 1847, 

 p. 615: Upper Limpopo river; Reichw. V. A. i. p. 507; 

 Hutler, Ibis, 1908, p. 258. 



[B. coll.] 2 Malakal June, U.N. ; 2 Amien Apl. B.G. 



We cannot separate these Quails from South African 

 examples. On examining a series of these birds, however, 



