432 Dr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds 
sandy soil. ‘Two white eggs were found lying on clean, fresh 
earth, at the end of the hole; and nothiug else was dis- 
covered, except a few dry hard bits of insects and a grain of 
maize. There was no evidence of the hole having been used 
before ; there was no excrement in it. The eggs were very 
thin-shelled, and both got broken before they could be 
measured. They were short and blunt at both ends, and 
larger than the eggs of Pycnonotus gabonensis, which is a 
larger bird.—G. L. B.] 
110. Merxrors BATESIANA. 
Merops batesiana Sharpe; id. Ibis, 1904, p. 611. 
No. 1475. 92 ad. River Ja, Feb. 27, 1906. 
No. 1612, .¢ ad. * March 26, 1906. 
No.1828. Ad. July 4, 1906. 
Nos. 2075, 2076. ¢ 9. Bitye, River Ja, Nov. 18, 1906. 
The female resembles the male in colour. 
111. CosMEToRNIS VEXILLARIUS. 
Cosmetornis verillarius (Gould) ; Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xvi. p. 595 (1892). 
Macrodipteryx vexillarius Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, 1. 
p. 371 (1902). 
No. 1497. Gad. River Ja, March 5, 1906. 
Nos. 1582, 1550. Imm. River’Ja, March 10-15, 1906. 
Testes small. 
The difference in the pattern of the markings on the 
under surface of the quills is most interesting, as the rufous 
notches or bars on the inner web are very variable in 
shape, the youngest birds having ovate spots, with the 
brown bars of varying shape, so that it would appear that 
the pattern changes without any direct moult of the quill. 
112. CaprimULGUS BATESI. 
Caprimulgus batest Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xix. p. 18 (Nov. 
1906). 
No. 1267. Gad. River Ja, Jan. 8, 1906. ‘Testes large. 
Nos. 1610, 1632. 9 ad. River Ja, March 26-29, 1906. 
Eggs in process of formation. 
