from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 311 



191. Tachornis parva. 



Tacfwrnis parva (Licht.) ; Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xvi. p. 463 (1893) ; Sliarpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 503. 

 fl. Famaka, Blue Nile, 9 May, 1899. (No. 504.) 

 Iris brown; bill and legs black. 



192. Capkimulgus poliocephalus. 



Caprinmlgus poliocephalus Riipp. Neue Wirbeltb. Vog. 

 p. lOG (1835) ; id. Syst. Uebers. p. 15, pi. iv. (1845) ; 

 Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 546 (1892). 



a. cT ad. Akake, Abyssinia, 24 January, 1899. (No. 273.) 



Iris broAvn ; bill black ; legs dark brown. 



So far as I am aware, the only previously known example 

 of this rare Goatsucker is the type in the Frankfort Museum : 

 the adult male bird before us agrees exactly with Riippell's 

 description. This species is of course new to the British 

 Museum Collection. 



[Seen occasionally. — L.] 



193. Caprimulgus stellatus. (Plate IV.) 

 Cuprimulffus s^e/Za/i/^Weld-Blundell & Lovat, Bull. B.O.C. 



vol. X. p. xxi (1899). 



a. S <i<^l- Kassim river, Abyssinia, 17 January, 1899. 

 (No. 222.) [Type of the species.'] 



This very distinct species is perhaps most nearly allied to 

 C. griseatus Gray, from the Philippine Islands. It has the 

 general colour of the upper parts earthy brown, with very 

 fine vermiculations of black and greyish, most distinct on 

 the head and neck ; each feather of the crown and scapulars 

 ornamented near the extremity of the shaft with a star- 

 shaped black spot margined externally with buff, the 

 external buff markings being especially conspicuous on the 

 scapulars ; the wing-coverts and innermost secondaries 

 similarly ornamented with buff, edged internally with black ; 

 the markings on the remiges very similar to those of 

 C. yriseatus, but the white markings on the four outer 

 primaries much narrower, and the red bars on the inner 

 quills much wider and more distinct ; the underparts very 

 similar to those of C. griseatus, but the chest and breast 



