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413. $ ad. Road to Ndola, N.W. Rhodesia. Sep- 

 tember 28, 1905. 



488. ? ad. Msofu River, Alala Plateau. November 



7, 1905- 



518. $ ad. Mountains W. of Loangwa. November 25, 

 1905. 



Bill, black ; iris, blood-red ;feet, dusky. 



Only observed on the higher plateau to the West. 

 These specimens were probably on migration. 



81. Merops natalensis. 



Merops fiatalensis, Reichenb., " Handb., Merop.," p. 78, pi. 451 ; 

 Sharpe, " Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 1 7, p. 84 ; Shelley, Ibis, 

 1898, p 555 (Zomba), Id., Ibis, 1901, p. 592 (Angoniland). 

 Merops nubicus, Bocage (nee Gra.), " Orn. Angola," p. 90. 

 Merops nubicoides, Des Murs et Pucher. ; Reichen., " Vog. 

 Afrikas," vol. 2, p. 328; W. L. Sclater, " Fauna S. Africa, 

 Birds," vol. 3, p. 62, 

 24. $ ad. W. bank of Loangwa, Feira district. 

 August 3, 1904. 



29. $ ad. W. bank of Loangwa, Feira district. 

 August 1 1, 1904. 



Bill, black ; iris, dark red ; feet, slate-colour. 

 Not uncommon, but local. Comes readily to grass 

 fires. 



" Makorikori " of all the neighbouring tribes. 



Family Caprimulgid^. 

 82. Cosmetornis vexillarius. 



Setriwphorus (Macrodypteryx ?) vexillarius, Gould, " Icon. Av.," 



vol. 2, pi. 3 (1838). 

 Cosmetornis vexillarius, Bocage, "Orn. Angola," p. 155; Har- 



tert, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 16, p. 595 ; Shelley, Ibis, 



1898, p. 555 (Songwe, Nkata and Karonga) ; W. L. Sclater, 



" Fauna S. Africa, Birds,' vol. 3, p. 42. 



