41-1 Mr. li. B. Sharpe on new African Birds. 



XXXIV. — On Seven new or lately described Species of African 

 Birds. By R. B. Sharpe, F.L.S., Libr. Z.S., &c. 



(Plate XII.) 



Having lately received some considerable collections of birds 

 from Africa, I hasten to describe some of the new species con- 

 tained in them. At the same time I take the present oppor- 

 tunity of giving an illustration of the new Scotopelia described 

 in an earlier number of this Journal [antea, p. 101). 



1. Caprimulgus cinnamomeuSj sp. n. 



C. cinnamomeus, vix nigricante variegatus : pileo et scapulari- 

 bus punctulis nigris subtriquetris obscure notatis : remi- 

 gibus et rectricibus rufis, nigro transfasciatis et irregulariter 

 vermiculatis, his angustiiis : subtus pallide fulvescenti- 

 cinnamomeus, pectore saturatiorc, ubique fasciis obscuris 

 nigricantibus trausvermiculato : gula ima albicaute : long, 

 tota 8-5 poll. Angl., alee 5*9, caudse 4*5, tarsi 0*5, rostr. 

 culm. 0-3. 

 Hah. Lagos. Purchased of Mr. Cutter. 

 Dr. Fiusch, who has seen the type of this species, suggests 

 that it might be C. fulviventj-is of Hartlaub, from Angola ; but 

 I have examined the type of the latter in M. Monteiro's col- 

 lection, and it is not the same as my bird. Moreover on my men- 

 tioning to Governor Ussher that a red Goatsucker was to be 

 looked for at Lagos, he told me that he knew the bird, which 

 he has often seen in that locality, so that we may look for ad- 

 ditional specimens before long. 



2. Irrisor castaneiceps, sp. n. 



/. pileo undique castaneo : dorso toto et tectricibus alarum seneo- 



viridibus : remigibus et rectricibus nitenter chalybeis, his 



violaceo nitentibus : corpore subtiis nigricante, sordide vi- 



ridi nitente : subalaribus a;neo-cyaneis : rostro nigricante, 



ad basin flavicante : pedibus nigris: long, tota 11 poll., 



alee 4'3, caudse 8*6, tarsi 07, rostr. culm. 1*3. 



This bird is the supposed female or young of Irrisor bollii, 



Hartl. J. f. 0. 1858, p. 445, but clearly belongs to quite another 



species. I have in my collection the true young bird of /. hollii, 



which is altogether larger and is differently coloured. On my 



