obtained in British East Africa. 623 
nigroque fascioiatis^^)^ and some of tlie tail-feathers are 
rufous with dusky blackish mottling and broken bars 
(^'rectricibus fusco-oigris rufescente-variis ^^ scarcely ex- 
presses the pattern). Seeing, however;, that it agrees in the 
l)lack spots of the scapulars, the marking of the quills, and 
ill the habitat, I think that the slight diOferences mentioned 
above would not be of specific value. The first quill is 
unspotted^ the second has a white spot on the inner web, 
and the third and fourth quills have white spots on each 
web, forming a band across these quills. Long. tot. 9'0, 
culm, a fronte basali 0*8, alse 5*8, caudse circa 4"75, 
tarsi 0-5.— E. B. S.] 
296. Caprimulgus tnornatus. 
Caprimulgiis inornatus Heugl. ; Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. Kvi. p. 556 (1892) ; Sharpe^ Ibis, 1892, p. 322 (Maka- 
rungu) ; Beichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 139 (1894 : 
Usaramo) ; Hartert, Tierreich, Aves, Liefer, i. p. 29 (1897) ; 
Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 224 (Tanga). 
No. 87. S juv. Bavine, May 31, 1896. 
297. Caprimulgus poliocephalus. 
Caprimulgus poliocephalus Biipp. ; Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xvi. p. 546 (1892) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 322 (Kimau- 
gitschi) ; Hartert, Tierreich, Aves, Liefer, i. p. 52 (1897). 
No. 240. J ad. Elgeyu, 5000 feet, Aug. 11, 1896. 
Bill black ; feet brownish flesh-coloured ; iris brown. 
No. 522. $ ad. Bavine, March 7, 1897. 
298. Caprimulgus trimaculatus. 
Caprimulgus lentiginosus Smith ; Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xvi. p. 536 (1892). 
Caprimulgus trimaculatus (Swains.) ; Hartert, Tierreich, 
Aves, Liefer, i. p. 55 (1897). 
No. 937. ? ad. Kavirondo, 4500 feet, April 1, 1898. 
Bill black ; feet brown ; iris brown. 
299. Caprimulgus europ^eus. 
Caprimulgus europceus Linn. ; Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xvi. p. 526 (1892) ; Beichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 139 
