XXXI.–A List hf the Birds of the Anglo‐Egyptian Sudan, based on the Collections of Mr. A. L. Butler, Mr. A. Chapman and Capt,. H. Lynes, R.N., and Major Cuth‐bert Christy, R.A.M.C. (T.F.). Part IV. (concluded). Pelecanidæ–Struthionidæ — 15/76

XXXI.–A List hf the Birds of the Anglo‐Egyptian Sudan, based on the Collections of Mr. A. L. Butler, Mr. A. Chapman and Capt,. H. Lynes, R.N., and Major Cuth‐bert Christy, R.A.M.C. (T.F.). Part IV. (concluded). Pelecanidæ–Struthionidæ

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Leptoptilus crumeniferus.

Ciconia crumenifera Less. Traité, 1831, p. 585: Senegal. Leptoptilus crumenifer Reichw. V. A. 1. p. 3888; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 381, 1908, p. 256.

Fairly common and widely distributed.

Anastomus lamelligerus. Anastomus lamelligerus Temm. Pl. Col. v. 1828, pl. 236: Africa ; Reichw. V. A. i. p. 885; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 381, 1908, p. 256.

[B. coll.] 2 Malakal May, U.N. [C. & L. coll.] 1 Lake No Feb. U.N.

Ibis ibis.

Tantalus ibis Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766, p. 241: Egypt.

Pseudotantalus ibis Reichw. V. A. 1. p. 333; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 381. The African Wood-Ibis is widely distributed. There happen to be no examples in the present collections.

Family PLaraLerpa.

Platalea leucorodia. Platalea leucorodia Linn, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 1389 : Europe, restricted type-locality S. Sweden; Reichw. V. A.

i. p- 830; Butler, Ibis, 1908, p. 272.

Platalea alba. Platalea alba Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. 11. 1786, p- 92 (ex Sonnerat, Luzon !): probably Cape of Good Hope ; Reichw. V. A. i. p. 331; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 372.

Both the European and African Spoonbills are widely distributed in the Sudan, though the African does not extend to the northern portions of the country nor the European to the southern,

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