496 Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe on the 



5. Scops capensis. 



Scops capensis, Smith; Sharpe, t. c. p. 75. 

 An adult from Ulundi. 



6. Glaucidium perlatum. 



Glaucid'mm perlatwni (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 ii. p. 209. 



Carine perlata, Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 77. 



One specimen from Ulundi and another from the Black 

 Umfolosi River (p. 414). 



7. Caprimulgus europ^us. 



Caprimulgus europceus, Linn. ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 83. 



A young male from Eschowe of a peculiar coloration, with 

 the scapulars largely varied with white and the crown of the 

 head only slightly streaked with black. On showing the 

 bird to Mr. Hartert, however, he pronounces it to be only a 

 variety of C. europceus. 



8. Caprimulgus pectoralis. 



Caprimulgus pectoralis , Cuv. ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 84. 

 An adult male from Ulundi. 



9. Caprimulgus fervidus. 

 Caprimulgus fervidus, Sharpe, t, c. p. 86. 

 An adult bird from Eschowe. 



10. Melittophagus albifrons. 



Melittophagus albifrons (Cab. & Hein.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 53 (1884). 



Merops nubicoides, Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 99 

 (1884). 



A series of adult birds from Eschowe and two from the 

 Black Umfolosi River (p. 409). 



11. Melittophagus meridionalis. 



Melittophagus meridionalis, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xvii. p. 45, pi. i. fig. 4 (1892;. 



Merops pusillus, Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 100. 



A series of old and young from Eschowe, Ulundi, aud 

 the Black Umfolosi River (p. 409). 



