Vol. XXVI, pp. 167-168 June 30, 1913 



PROCEEDINGS 



i IF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



TWO NEW AFRICAN BIRDS. 

 BY JOHN ('. PHILLIPS. 



The two birds to be described were taken by Dr. G. M. 

 Allen and the writer on a short collecting trip during the past 

 winter up the Nile to Khartoum, and then up the Blue Nile 

 and Hinder rivers in Sennar. Most of the time was spent in 

 the latter province, a region known ornithologically for a long 

 time through the work of Heuglin and Riippell. 



Caprimulgus eleanorae sp. now 



Type, adult 9 M. C. Z. No. 63,436, taken at Fazogli, Line Nile, Sudan, 

 15 January. 1913. 



Description. — Most nearly like C. monticolus of India, of which it ap- 

 pears tn he the African representative. In general color very much like 

 the gray example- of C. monticolus, hut at once distinguished by the 

 spots on the three outer primaries, being small and round and confined 

 wholly to the inner web, instead of being large t and extending across 

 both webs of 2d, 3d, and 4th primaries. In the new species the spot on 

 the first primary is only 7 mm. in diameter, while on the third primary 

 it is about 12mm. Wing, 185 mm. ; culmen to base of forehead, 28 mm.; 

 exposed culmen, 11 mm.; tarsus, '_'() mm. The characters of the male 

 are unknown. 



Remarks. — This species differs from all African species of somewhat 

 similar general coloration by its much larger size, equal in fact to 

 C. monticola. 



Passer domesticus chephreni subsp. nov. 



Type, adult o M. ('. Z. No. 63,594, from Gizeh, near Cairn, Egypt, 

 December 12, 1912. 



Descript ion. — Like /'. <l. indicus hut cheeks and ear coverts much 

 darker (smoke grey, Ridgway, 1912) instead of whitish. Size similar to 



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