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adult male C. efulensis in the National Collection measures 
200 mm. and is decidedly worn. 
The nestling is hitherto undescribed ; I therefore ae 
the following description :— 
Nestling resembles the adult in general coloration, but 
the mantle and lower back is chestnut, evenly banded with 
black ; wings similarly coloured, but the black bands are 
wider apart ; head, back of the neck, and throat black; the 
shafts of the feathers glistening black, with a subterminal 
bar of yellowish white, and the end of each shaft with 
prolonged horny-white filo-plumes, 18-20 mm. in length. 
Feet black, abnormally large for the size of the bird; tarsus 
27 mm., middle toe and claw 39 mm. 
Merops batesiana Sharpe. 
This magnificent Bee-eater was described by Sharpe from 
a specimen obtained by Mr. G. L. Bates on the Rio Benito, 
French Congo. 
Since the bird was described, Bates has shot four 
additional specimens, all on the River Ja, Cameroon ; these 
are now in the British Museum Collection. 
The bird which Dr. Christy obtained is a beautiful male 
(No. 583), shot at Medje, Ituri Forest, in the Belgian 
Congo, on the 26th of April, 1914. 
Another rare bird which I exhibit is :— 
Caprimulgus batest Sharpe. 
Dr. Christy shot a single example (2? , No, 1019) at Poko, 
on the Welle River, in the Belgian Congo, on the a of 
July, 1914. 
This considerably extends the range of this handsome 
Nightjar, which up till now has only been obtained on the 
River Jain Cameroon, where Mr. Bates shot four specimens, 
which are now in the British Museum. . 
In a more recent collection which Mr. Bates has sent from 
Cameroon, I find six more skins of this Nightjar, including — 
what I believe to be two young birds. All were obtained 
on the River Ja. 
