358 Capt. B. Aloxander en the 



catching the insects driven from the liuts. They appeared 

 suddenly in numbers on the scene as if from nowhere. Their 

 shaft-feathers looked like small birds following them where- 

 ever they went, as they sailed backwards and forwards before 

 the firelight. 



It is interesting to watch this Nightjar courting his mate. 

 Just as dusk is coming on the female appears from the 

 adjoining bush and drops noiselessly on the road. She does 

 not wait long before the male alights right in front of where 

 she is sitting. Then the long wing-pinions are raised so 

 that they droop towards lier"^. Should the female shift her 

 position^ the male gives chase, to alight once again, like a 

 feather-weight, in front of her. 



186. ScoTORNis CLiMACURUS (Vicill.). 



Scotornis climacurus Hartert, Cat. B. xvi. p. 596; id. 

 Nov. Zool. vi. p. 410 (Gambaga). 



Gambaga, Karaga, and Accra. 



By no means common in the Hinterland, frequenting in 

 pairs the dried-up beds of streams. At Accra it was fairly 

 numerous. It has not yet been recorded from Togoland. 



187. EURYSTOMUS AFER (Lath.). 



Eurystomus ufer Sharpe, Cat. B. xvii. p. 30; Reichen. 

 J. f. O. 1897, p. 20 (Togoland) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi. 

 p. 409 (Gambaga). 



Gambaga and Sang. 



188. Eurystomus gularis Vieill. 



Eurysiomus gularis Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p. 32 ; Reichen. 

 J. f. O. 1897, p. 21 (Togoland). 

 Fumsu. 



189. CoRACiAs ABYssiNicus Bodd. 



Corncias abyssinicus Sharpe, Cat. B. xvii. p. 19 ; Reichen. 

 J. f. O. 1897, p. 20 (Togoland) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi. 

 p. 409 (Gambaga) . 



Gambaga. 



Common in the open country, where it is found in pairs. 



* Cf. Diet, of Birds, p. 641. 



