622 Mr. F. J. Jackson on Birds 



292. MeKOPS ALIUCOLLIS. 



Merojjs albicoUis Vieill. ; Sharpc, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. 

 p. 76 (1892); Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 29 (Mengo ; 

 Mjonjo ; Maiijoiigo) ; id. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 131 

 (1894); Hartert, Ansorge's African Sun, p. 336 (1899: 

 Kampala ; Masindi) ; Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 217 (Ndalalani ; 

 Pinnini). 



G. S ad. Entebbe, Dec. 31, 1894. Bill black ; feet 

 pale olive-green ; iris crimson. 



Nos. 271, 272. S ad. Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 16, 1896. 



No. 597. S ad. Ravine, April 1, 1897. In small flocks 

 of four or five. 



293. SCOTORNIS CLIMACURUS. 



Scotornis climacurus (Vieill.) ; Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xvi. p. 596 (1892); id. Tierreich, Aves, Liefer, i. p. 29 

 (1897). 



No. 65. S ad. Entebbe, Oct. 8, 1895. 



294. Caprimulgus natalensis. 



Caprimulgus natalensis Smith ; Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xvi. p. 564 (1892) ; id. Tierreich, Aves, Liefer, i. p. 44 (1897). 



a. ? ad. Entebbe, March 5, 1895. 



h. ^ ad. „ May 9, 1895. 



c. ? ad. „ July 10, 1895. Bill dusky ; feet 



pale brown ; iris brown. 



[This is an interesting new habitat for the species. I 

 cannot separate Mr. Jackson^s specimens from typical 

 C. natalensis. — R. B. S.] 



295. Caprimulgus nigriscapularis. 



Coprimulgtis nigriscapularis Reicbenow, Orn. MB. i. p. 31 

 (1893) ; Hartert, Tierreich, Aves, Liefer, i. p. 46 (1897). 



a. c? ad. Entebbe, May 11, 1895. Feet brown. 



[I do not think that there can be any doubt of this 

 Nightjar being referable to C. nigriscapularis, with the main 

 features of which it appears to agree. The breast and 

 abdomen in Mr. Jackson^s specimen are rufescent, regularly 

 but narrowly barred with dusky blackish (this hardly suits 

 Dr. Reichenow's diagnosis, '' uropygio et abdomine fulvo 



