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6. Melanobucco leucogenys, sp. n. 
Male (not quite adult). Allied to M. undatus (Riipp.), but 
easily distinguished by having the binder parts of the cheeks 
and sides of the neck pure white ; the middle of the throat 
white, tinged with yellowq some of the feathers being tipped 
with scarlet, and the outer margins of the quills and rectrices, 
as Avell 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 inehes, 
culmen 0’7o, 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 Afriea, but distinguished by having 
the w<hite middles to all the feathers of the interscapular 
region and back tipped with golden yellow. Iris brown; 
bill and legs black. Total length about 4'0 inches, culmen 
0’54, wing 2*35, tail 1’25, tarsus 0’5o. 
Hab. Chellia, Abyssinia : 8th Mareh, 1899. 
8. Caprimulgus stellatus, sp. n. 
A very distinct species, perhaps most nearly allied C. gri- 
seatas, Gray. 
Adult male. General colour of upper parts earthy brown, 
w’ith very fine vermiculations of black and greyish, most 
distinct on the head and neck ; each feather of the crown 
and scajmlars ornamented near the extremity of the shaft 
w'ith 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 
