632 Col. R. Meinertzhagen on Birds from [Ibis, 
Ammomanes deserti (Licht.). 
Ammomanes deserti deserti was originally described from 
“ ACgypto super/ 5 and A. d. isabellina from “Asaba”— 
probably Akaba—in Sinai. 
Birds from Cairo, Helouan, and Suez, from Wadi Haifa, 
Kerma (JDongola bend of the Nile), and Shereik are slightly 
paler than others from Assouan and Korosko. Nicoll even 
obtained a dark bird at Helouan and has others from Luxor. 
Text-figure 4. 
Sketch-map of Egypt to show the distribution of the races of 
Ammomanes deserti. 
These dark birds are undoubtedly A. d. deserti , whilst the 
paler ones are certainly isabellina. The two races are 
exceedingly close, differing only in a slight colour shade. 
I have not examined birds from Sinai nor the type of 
isabellina, so cannot say whether they differ from Nile 
