PHILLIPS: BIRDS FROM THE SUDAN. 25 
LAGONOSTICA SENEGALA (Linné). 
3 o'’s and 29’s, El Garef, Blue-Nile, 8 Jan. 
These birds belong to some race of the above species, but on geo- 
graphical grounds do not agree with Neumann’s L. s. erythreae or 
aboyensis. It may be a new race. We did not obtain brunneiceps, 
though it appears to be the common bird of the region. 
Common in little flocks. 
PYTILIA CITERIOR Strickland. 
2 9’s, Magangani, Blue-Nile, 27 Jan.; El Garef, 8 Jan. 
These specimens are in very young plumage. It is not possible to 
place them under their proper subspecies from Zedlitz’ review of the 
species, Ornith. monatsb., 18, p. 171. 
Uncommon. 
HyYpocHAERA ULTRAMARINA (Gmelin). 
3 o's and 2 9’s, Singa, Blue-Nile, 27 Dec.; Regeba, 22 Jan.; 
Karkoj, 31 Dec. 
A very common species; in small flocks. 
AIDEMOSYNE CANTANS ORIENTALIS Lorenz & Hellmayr. 
3 o'’s, Durraba, Dinder, 22 Feb.; Sennar, Blue-Nile, 25 Dec. 
Occasional. 
EsTRILDA CINEREA (Vieillot). 
Pair, El Garef, Blue-Nile, 10 Jan. 
Fairly common. 
URAEGINTHUS BENGALUS BENGALUS (Linné). 
5 o’s and 2 2’s, El Mesharat, Blue-Nile, 2 Jan.; Singa, 27 Dec.; 
Magangani, 27 Jan.; Beit el Wahsh, Dinder, 13 Feb. 
According to Reichenow, the above form ranges over the whole 
Sudan. The Sennar bird is therefore M. b. bengalus and not M. b. 
shoenni or M. b. perpallidus of Neumann, Journ. f. ornith., 1905, p- 
350. 
Very common, seen everywhere. 
