534 r.\rHiMri.fitn.E. 



5. Caprimulg^s fervidus. 



C'ai)iimul<j-us pectoralis, -S/;-/!-/,-/. lS- Scl. (rwc Cuv.) Contr. Orn. 18o2, 



]i. 14-'!; Gurnet/ iti Anders.'. B. Daniara-Ld. p. 45 (1872); Bocaye, 



Jorn. Lisb. 1878, p. ]5l'. 

 Ci\piiimilfrus fervidus, Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 86 (1875) ; 



.SW/r/rt, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 378 (1882). 

 C'iiprinmlgiis shelleyi, Bocar/e, Jorn. Ac. Lisbon, 1878, p. 26G 



(Angola) ; id. Orn. Annulet, p. 543 (1881). 



Adult. Allied to C. rufiuena, but distinguishable by its uniform 

 clear golden-buff cheeks, which in C. rujirjena are streaked black aud 

 rufous, by the white spots on the primaries being much smaller, and 

 the collar on the neck more golden buff and broader and extending 

 over the sides of the neck and the fore neck. In one specimen the 

 golden-buff colour pervades the greater part of the head and is 

 spread over the whole of the breast. Size similar to that of 

 C. rvjitjena. 



Unless the specimens are wrongly sexed, the white spots on the 

 primaries and outer rcctrices are present in both sexes. Total 

 length about 9-5 inches, wing 6'6, tail 4*8, tarsus Ow, upper part 

 feathered in front. 



The four specimens before me from Damara-land vary con- 

 siderably. Cajyrimuhjus shelleyi of Bocage agrees with typical 

 C. fervidus in the broad golden-buff collar and small spots to the 

 primaries. In one of the specimens of C. shdleyi the ear-coverts 

 are much darker, and in all the collar on the neck is darker. They 

 somewhat approach the dark C. pectoralis, and may be a northern 

 form of C. fervidns. Jlore information concerning this sjjecies is 

 required, but at present I think it best to unite it with C. fervidus, 

 believing that larger series will confirm my views. 



Jlah. Damara-land to Angola. 



a. Ad. sk. Damara-land (C. J. Andersson). Sharpe Coll. 



b. $ ad. sk. Elephant Vley, Oct. 28 (Anders- Sharpe Coll. 



son). 



c. $ ad. sk. Otjoro, Nov. 30 {Andersson). Sharpe Coll. 

 f/. Imm. sk. Ovampo, Feb. 2 (C. /. ^.). Sharpe Coll. 



(Types of the species.) 

 e. S ad. sk. Caconda, Angola (Anchieta). Prof. Bocage [P.]. 



/. Ad. sk. Upper Uiulaas, Natal ( Gordye). Shelley Coll. 



6. Caprimulgus pectoralis. 



L'Engoulevent a collier, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. \. pi. 49 (1806). 



Caprimulgus pectoralis, Cuv. Regne Aniin. i. p. 376 (1817) ; Viedl. 

 Nouv. Diet. X. p. 233 (1817) ; Gray, List Fissirostr. Brit. Mus. 

 p. 7 (1848); id. Ha7id-l. i. p. 56 (1869); Bp. Consp. i. p. 60 

 (1850) ; Cass. Cat. Caprim. Ae. Phil. no. 4 (1851; ; Cab.^- Heine, 

 Mus. Ilein. iii. p. 89 (1860) ; Koeniy-lJ^arth. J.f. 0. 1868, p 387 

 (nidif.) ; Sharpe, ed. Laipird's B. iS. Afr. p. 84 (1875) ; Salvin, Cat. 

 StricM. Coll. p. 377 (1882). 



Capiiuudgus asiaticus, Vieill. (nee Lath.) Noiiv. Diet. x. p. 233 



Caprimulgus africanu.s, Steph. Gen. Zool. x. p. 157 (1817). 



