308 Mr. C. H. B. Grant on a Collection of 



Should this bird hereafter be found to be identical with 

 that from Senegal, then Alexander's name would become a 

 synonym of C. t. trimaculatus. 



165. Caprimulgus europseus europaeus. European Nightjar. 

 Caprimulyus europceus Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, 



p. 193 : Sweden. 



a. S ■ Lengototo, 6200 ft. Nov. 10. 



Total length in flesh : \Q\ inches. Wing : 196 mm. 



The white spot on the first primary is large and exiends 

 to the shaft, as also does the one on the second primary, but 

 this does not go across to the onter web. 



[Irides brown ; bill black ; legs and toes mixed whitish 

 and brown.] 



I have carefully examined several males taken in different 

 parts of Europe and find that the size of the wing-spots is 

 not a character to rely on for separating C. e. europceus from 

 C. e. v.nwini, cf. Hartert, Vog. paliiarkt. Fauna^ 1912, p. 847, 

 though the spot on the second primary extending across 

 the shaft to the outer web appears to hold good for C. e. 

 unwini. I think, however, the paler coloration of C. e. unwini, 

 as compared with C. e. europceus, is a much better and more 

 constant character. 



166. Caprimulgus frasnatus. Salvadori's Nightjar. 

 Caprimulgus franatus Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 



vol. xxi. 188 A, p. 118 : Daimbi, Ada Galla, Central 

 Abyssinia. 



fl, b. ? ad. Lemek Valley, 6000 & 6500 ft. Oct. 7 & 8. 



c. *? imm. Amala River, 5500 ft. Oct. 12. 



d, e. S ad. Lengototo, 6200 ft. Nov. 10 & 11. 



Total length in flesh : c? 10| & 9f inches ; ? ad. 9;^ & 

 S inches ; ? imm. 9 inches. 



Wing: S 170 & 163 mm.; ? ad. 161 & 158 mm. ; ? imm. 

 160 mm. 



All are in good dress and but very slightly worn. 



The adult females differ from the males in having less 

 white on the tail, and both this and the spots on the wings 



