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SUDAN GOVERNMENT CATALOGUE OF SUDAN BIRDS BASED ON THE COLLECTION IN THE SUDAN GOVERNMENT MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY) BY W. WEDGWOOD BOWEN, ASSISTANT CURATOR OF BIRDS, ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA; FORMERLY DEPUTY CURATOR, SUDAN GOVERNMENT MUSEUM (N. H.). PART II.—ALAUDIDJE to FRINGILLIUdB. SUDAN GOVERNMENT MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY) PUBLICATION No 2. AUGUST, 1931. PRICE P.T. 20 (4/-). PRINTED BY M'OOBQUODALB & CO. LTD.
INTRODUCTION. It is questionable whether any introduction is called for here, since this is but the concluding half of a work the first part of w T hieli appeared in 1926. The same style and plan has been adopted as in Part I, but for the sake of convenience the notes on systematic keys and abbreviations used which were given in the introduction of that part are also included in Fart II. Over four years have elapsed since Part I of this Catalogue was published. For this delay my only excuse is that its preparation lias been limited entirely to my spare time, and for a great portion of this period I have been located where neither library facilities nor specimens were available to me. A collecting trip to East Africa and Angola during 1930 also further delayed the work. Now that it is completed, perhaps a few words regarding the way this Catalogue came into being may not be without some interest. Early in 1922, soon after I joined the entomological stall of the Sudan Government, I commenced a list of Sudan birds, with short notes on the status and range of each, and to this I added from time to time " keys " adapted from standard works on African birds. This list was intended solely as an aid to my studies on the bird-life of what was then, for mc> a terra incognita. Much travel, and a consequent lack of library facilities, prevented my completing the list, but what was lost on the one hand was gained on the other, for I gradually became familiar with the birds in life, and, through collecting specimens, I was later able to learn their names. All this time I felt the need (which every interested Official in the Sudan must feel) for a reliable, more or less popular handbook to the bird-life of the country. On being posted to Khartoum in 1924, for service in connection with the Lord Kitchener Memorial Medical School, I was also appointed Deputy Curator of the Museum. I now found myself confronted with the problem of obtaining adequate labels for the fine mounted series of local birds on exhibition. These had to be printed, and it occurred to me that at the same time, if suitably planned, a very useful local list could be published for little additional cost. The scheme w r as submitted to Mr. Harold II. King, Curator of the Museum, who fully endorsed it, and after some discussion of details the present plan and style was adopted. My former list, although incomplete, was now called into service again, and, with some alteration, became the foundation of the present list. Soon after the completion of the manuscript of the first part I tendered my resignation to the Sudan Government, but before leaving the country 3 lA
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Page 5 and 6: A NOTE ON THE SYSTEMATIC KEYS AND A
Page 7 and 8: (II) RELATIVE ABUNDANCE. The follow
Page 9 and 10: SYSTEMATIC INDEX. PACE Order PASSER
Page 11 and 12: CATALOGUE OF SUDAN BIRDS. KEY TO FA
Page 13 and 14: 10. n. Order - - PASSERIFORMES. Sub
Page 15 and 16: 378. CHAD SINGING BUSH-LARK. Mirafr
Page 17 and 18: 3891). SUDAN CRESTED LARK. Gale/rid
Page 19 and 20: 395a. SUDAN WHITE-FROITED SPARROW-L
Page 21 and 22: 399. CAMIBGON PLAII-BACKED PIPIT. A
Page 23 and 24: 406d. TUBKESTAN BLACK-HEADED ¥ELLO
Page 25 and 26: 412. THRUSH-BABBLER. Plyrliaus turd
Page 27 and 28: 9. 10, 11. 14. 15. 16. 17. A black
Page 29 and 30: 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42.
Page 31 and 32: 67. f First primary shorter J prima
Page 33 and 34: 424b. GHAZAL GREEN-BACKED EREMOMELA
Page 35 and 36: 430. RUPPELL'S WARBLEB. Sylvia rupp
Page 37 and 38: 441b. BALKAN OLIVACEOUS WARBLER. Hi
Page 39 and 40: 451. GREATER SUDD-WARBLER. Calamorn
Page 41 and 42: 9. /"Back heavily streaked \Back in
Page 43 and 44: 467b. UGANDA RED-FACED GRASS-WARBLE
Page 45 and 46: 476a. ABYSSINIAN CLIFF-CHAT. Thamno
Page 47 and 48: 484. WHITE-SHOULDERED BLACK CHAT. P
Page 49 and 50: 491 ISABELLINE WHEATIAR. (Enanthe i
Page 51 and 52: 500c. WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT. Cya
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SKINS. *S.G.M. 327,
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513. NILE VALLEY SILVER-BIRD. Empid
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523c. CHAD BLACK-HEADED FLYCATCHER.
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528b. EGYPTIAN SAND-MARTIN. Riparia
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541. SOUTH AFRICAN SMALLER STRIPED
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.» ("Tail not rufous ... ... ... 1
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551. ABYSSINIAN GONOLEK. Laniarius
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558a. WOODCHAT. Phoneus senator sen
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583. GREY-BACKED FISCAL-SHRIKE. Fis
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569. MOUSE-COLOURED CAPPOC-TIT. Ant
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577. BROWN-NECKED RAVEN. Corvus cor
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584a. ABYSSINIAN RED-WING. Onychogn
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592b. SENNAR BLUE-EARED GLOSSY STAR
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60ia. YELLOW WHITE-EYE. Zosterops s
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605. METALLIC YELLOW-BREASTED SUNBI
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615b. SUDAN BEAUTIFUL SUNBIHD. Nect
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10. Tail entirely square ; plumage
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f Under tail-coverts black; upper .
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("Mantle brown ; chest chestnut, wi
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SKINS. *S.G.M. 2458, (J, Wad Medani
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SKINS. *S.G.M. 633,
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642b. WHITE NILE CINNAMON WEAVER. S
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651. DURA-BIRD. Euplectes francisca
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662. UGANDA BROWN TWIN SPOT. Clytos
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670b. BAHR-EL-GHAZAL RED-BILLED FIR
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681a. RED-CHEEKED CORDON-BLEU. Urce
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9. KEY TO SPBonss.f Family FRINGILL
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697. BLUE-HEADED ORTOLAN BUNTING. E
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APPENDIX A. Additions and Correctio
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Page 54. No. 156, substitute : 156.
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SPECIMENS. The four from Upper Nile
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Page 103. No. 324, substitute : 324
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APPENDIX B. List of Sudan Type-Loca
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" NUBIA." 73. Torgos tracheliotus n
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SUDAN. *494. (Enanthe bottae heugli
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BERBER PROVINCE. FIFTH CATARACT OF
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GALLABAT. 87. Falco alopex alopex (
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338. Caprimulgus eximius eximius Te
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614. Cinnyris venustus fazoglensis
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362. Trachyphonus darnaudii darnaud
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NUBA MOUNTAINS PROVINCE. JEBBL RIHA
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668a. Pytilia melba soudanensis (Sh
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390a. Heliocorys modesta modesta (H
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WAU. 469b. Cistieola natalensis val
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*616. Nectarinia erythroceria eryth
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INDEX TO PARTS I AND II. The numera
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idenlatus, Lybius, 358, Appendix A.
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collaris, Fiscus, 562. collurio, En
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Eaodice, 661. Euplectes, 650. Eupod
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hispaniolensis, Passer h., 629. Hob
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Mannikin, Magpie, 680. maqueenii, C
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Parrot, Niam-niara, 287. Parrot, Su
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ufofuscus, Buteo, 117. rufogularis,
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Ploeepasser »., miperciliosus, Zos
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Whydah, Yellow-mantled, 658. Widow-
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