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Caprimulgus nubicus taruensis, subsp. nov. 
This race is nearest to C.n. torridus of N. Somaliland, 
from which it differs in being more rufous on the wings and 
scapulars, and it is smaller. 
Wings 146-150 mm. compared to 152-157 mm. in 
C. n. torridus. 
Present known range. Taru desert to H. Kilimanjaro. 
Type in Tring Museum. ¢ ad.,17.3.18., Tsavo. Dr, van 
Someren Coll. 
Obs. Ten specimens altogether were collected, uniform in 
coloration. 
Caprimulgus keniensis, sp. nov. 
Somewhat like C. frenatus, but much darker, the spotting 
of the wings being larger, more pronounced, and more 
numerous. ‘The inner scapulars and lower back-feathers 
pale greyish, and the outer scapulars almost black on the 
outer webs. The longitudinal pale markings on the back 
are golden, set off by a black ground. The white bars on 
the primaries large and clear-cut. The shafts of the 
primaries pure white for an inch beyond the white wing- 
bars. The terminal half of the two outer tail-feathers white 
on both webs, the third pair of outer tail-feathers with 
white triangular tips for the terminal inch. Throat and 
upper breast blackish, some of the feathers tipped ochra- 
ceous. A patch of white on either side of throat. A pale 
rusty collar is present on the hind neck. 
Wings 160 mm. 
Range. N. of Mt. Kenia. 
Type in Tring Museum. @ ad., April 1919. N. Kenia. 
A. B. Percival Coll. 
Obs. I know of no other Hast African Nightjar which 
exhibits the peculiar white shafts to the primaries, as this 
bird does, even on the first primary, where the shaft is white, 
not in continuity with the white bar. 
