during a Journey to the Ruwenzori Range. 521 



34. Caprimulgus natalensis. 



Caprimulgus natalensis Smith ; Sharpe, Hand-]. B. ii. 

 p. 85 (1900) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 367 (1902) ; 

 Jackson, Ibis, 1902, p. 622 (Entebbe) ; Grant, Ibis, 1905, 

 p. 199. 



H. 922, 923. J ? ad. Near Katwe, Toro, March 1, 

 1902. Iris brown ; bill brown ; feet light fleshy brown. 



Very common. When out in the evening looking for 

 Partridges, I continually flushed two or three of these 

 Goatsuckers from amongst the long dead grass and bushes. 

 At night they were met with everywhere. 



H. 974. ? ad. Katwe, March 6, 1902. Iris brown; 

 bill reddish brown ; feet brownish flesh-coloured. The 

 common species here. 



[This Goatsucker was recorded for the first time in 

 Equatorial Africa by Mr. Jackson (/. c.) . I cannot find 

 any difference between specimens from Toro and others 

 from South-eastern Africa. — R. B. S.] 



35. Tachornis myocurous. 



Tachornis parvus myochrous Reichenow ; id. Vog. Afrikas, 

 ii. p. 385 (1903) . 



H. 9.25. ? ad. ; H. 929. $ ad. Near Katwe, Toro, 

 March 1, 1902. Iris brown; bill black; feet dark sepia-brown. 



Very common. I have noticed these birds several times 

 in company with the Great Swifts. On the road to Unyoro 

 they are continually to be met with, especially in the 

 neighbourhood of palm-trees, round which they circle in 

 quest of flies. They are to be found all over Toro, but I did 

 not see them on Ruwenzori. 



[These specimens seem to belong to the race called by 

 Dr. Reichenow T. myochrous, and not to true T. parvus. 

 He has worked out these Palm-Swifts very carefully, but I 

 am not quite convinced as to the distinctness of some of the 

 races which he admits. — R. B. S.] 



36. Cypselus aericanus. 



Cypselus africanus (Temm.); Sharpe, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 95 



(1900). 



