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6. Melanobucco leucogenys, sp. n. 



Male (not quite adult). Allied to M. undutus (Riipp.), but 

 easily distinguished by having the hinder parts of the eheeks 

 and sides of the neck pure white ; the middle of the throat 

 white, tinged with yellow, some of the feathers being tipped 

 with scarlet, and the outer margins of the quills and rectrices, 

 as well as the tips of the upper tail-coverts, golden yellow, 

 instead of pale whitish yellow (Naples yellow). Iris pale 

 yellow ; bill and legs black. Total length about 5'8 inches, 

 culmen 0*75, wing 3*1, tail 1*9, tarsus 0'7. 



Hab. Konduro, Abyssinia : 25th March, 1899. 



7. Barbatula xanthosticta, sp. n. 



Adult male and female. Most nearly allied to B. extoni 

 (Layard) from South-east Africa, but distinguished by having 

 the white middles to all the feathers of the interscapular 

 region and back tipped with golden yellow. Iris brown ; 

 bill and legs black. Total length about 4 - inches, culmen 

 0-54, wing 2-35, tail 1-25, tarsus 0'55. 



Hab. Chellia, Abyssinia : 8th March, 1899. 



8. Caprimulgus stellatus, sp. n. 



A very distinct species, perhaps most nearly allied C. gri- 

 seatus, Gray. 



Adult male. General colour of upper parts earthy brown, 

 with very fine vermiculatious of black and greyish, most 

 distinct on the head and neck ; each feather of the crown 

 and scapulars ornamented near the extremity of the shaft 

 with a star-shaped black spot margined externally with buff, 

 the external buff markings being especially conspicuous on 

 the scapulars ; the wing-coverts and innermost secondaries 

 similarly ornamented with buff, edged internally with 

 black ; the markings on the rectrices very similar to those 

 of C. griseatus, but the white markings on the four outer 

 primaries much narrower and the red bars on the inner 

 quills much wider and more distinct ; underparts very similar 

 to those of C. griseatus, but the chest and breast darker and 

 more uniform ; two outer pairs of tail-feathers black, irregu- 

 larly barred with rufous and with only the terminal part 



