— 136 — 



RiJtigc. — C. inornatus is représentée! in the British Muséum 

 from S. Arabia, Somaliland, Kenya Colony, Uganda, N. Belgian 

 Conpo, Frencli Equatorial Africa, Soutliern Nigeria and Came- 

 roun. 



Macrodipteryx lonjçipennis. 



Caprimulgtis longipennis Shaw, Nat. Mise, VIII, 1796, pi. 265. 

 — Type locality : Sierra Leone. 



For reasons why macrodiptei us Akzei.ius, cannot be used for 

 this Nightjar see C. Grant [Ibis, 1915, p. 302). 



The Pennant-winged Nightjar was obtained by Mr. Lowe at Ijn 

 and there is also a mutilated spécimen in the British Muséum from 

 Lagos obtained bv H. N. Thompson. 



Range. — This species is represented in the British Muséum 

 irom Gambia, Gold Coast, S. Nigeria, Abvssinia, Sudan, Frencli 

 Equatorial Africa, Uganda. 



(A common species usuallv found in companv with Scotoi iiis 

 cliinacurus and feeding on dark green beetles. — W. F. L.) 



Scotornis climacurus. 



Capriiiiulgus climacurus Vieili.., Gai. Ois., I, 1825, p. 195. — 

 Type localitv : Sénégal. 



Mr. Lowe shot a spécimen of the Long-tailed Nightjar at the Iju 

 water-works near Lagos in December, 1919. 



From Northern Nigeria \ve hâve numerous spécimens collectée! 

 by BoYD Ai.EXANDER at Somi Island (Lake Chad), Bautchi, Gas- 

 saga, and other localities on Lake Chad, as well as in French 

 Equatorial Africa and on the Uelle river. 



Range. — Represented in the British Muséum from Sénégal, 

 Gambia, Sierra Leone, Libéria, Gold Coast, N. and S. Nigeria. 

 French Equatorial Africa, Cameroon, Gaboon, N. Belgian Congo, 

 Sudan, Lake Rudolf, Nubia, Kenva Colony, Uganda. 



