XXXVTI.— On a Collection of Birds made in the Sudan by Major S. S. Flower, O.B.E., in December 1920 and January and February 1921; and some remarks on “A List of the Birds of the Anglo‐Egyptian Sudan” by W. L. Sclater and C. Mackworth Praed

XXXVTI.— On a Collection of Birds made in the Sudan by Major S. S. Flower, O.B.E., in December 1920 and January and February 1921; and some remarks on “A List of the Birds of the Anglo‐Egyptian Sudan” by W. L. Sclater and C. Mackworth Praed

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£6221. | Collection of Birds made in the Sudan. 693 Motacilla feldegg melanogriseus (Homeyer).

¢o. Um Ruaba, Kordofan, Dec. 1920. I prefer to separate the Black-headed Wagtails from the Blue-headed form.

There are several “ Yellow Wagtuails” in this collection, but as they are young and female birds, it is not possible to identify them.

Motacilla feldegg feldegg Michahelles.

6. Singa, Jan. 1921.

Motacilla flava flava Linneeus.

1g. Um Ruaba, Kordofan, Dec. 1920. 3¢. Singa, Jan. POA th.

Corvus ruficollis ruficollis Lesson.

2a. > .) Halfa, Pep 1925. These are typical large-billed examples and well match specimens from other parts of Egypt. The Brown-necked Raven is, in my opinion, a different species and not a race of C. corav. There are, moreover, two distinct forms, C. r. rusicollis and C. r. infumatus. The latter apparently occurs at or near Suez, in Egypt, and in parts of the Sudan. I have not yet seen a typical rujicollis from south of Halfa.

Corvus albus Miiller.

3d. Um Ruaba, Kordofan, Dec. 1920. @. Sennar, Jan.

1921.

Trachyphonus margaritatus margaritatus (Cretzschmar).

3 ¢. Kabashia, Berber. Dec. 1920.

Campethera nubica (Gmelin).

¢. Um Ruaba, Kordofan, Dec. 1920.

Ceryle rudis rudis (Linnzeus).

g. Singa, Jan. 1920.

Merops orientalis viridissimus Swainson. Two sexed 2 2, probably ¢ dg. Kabashia, Berber, Jan. ie vn I do not understand Sclater and Praed when they say that

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