CAPRIMULGUS NATALENSIS.— Smith. 
Aves. — Plate XCIX. (Male.) 
0. rufo-albo, subflavo, nigro-brunneoque variegatus ; plumis scapularibus maoulis oblongis nigro-brunneis 
signatis ; gutture antice macula alba subtriangulare instructa ; remigibus quatuor externis brunneo- 
rubris, singulo, macula, alba instructa ; cauda nigro-brunneo-fasciatsL 
Longitudo e rostri apice ad basin caudse 4 unc. 9 lin. ; caudse 4 unc. 0 lin. 
Colour. — The feathers of the upper surface of the head and of the posterior 
part of the neck liver-brown, broadly margined and tipped with reddish 
orange ; eyelids mottled light reddish orange, white, and liver-brown ; the two 
first in small blotches, the latter in narrow transverse lines. Ear coverts and 
feathers immediately posterior to them liver-brown, crossed with some fine 
narrow lines of reddish orange ; the feathers of the anterior part of the throat 
pale reddish orange, narrowly barred transversely with liver-brown ; those at 
and behind the angle of the mouth, as also those on the centre of the 
throat, white. Between the white marks, and on the throat in front of the 
breast, the feathers are liver-brown, barred, and tipped with reddish orange. 
Interscapulars umber-brown, finely mottled at their edges with light reddish 
orange ; back and upper tail coverts umber-brown, barred and tipped with 
reddish orange. Scapulars with a number of strongly marked and well- 
defined oblong liver-brown spots, each more or less distinctly edged with 
white or light buff-orange. These spots are arranged in somewhat longi- 
tudinal rows, one about the middle of each feather, and, from their so strongly 
contrasting with the other colours, constitute a ready and available character. 
The other portions of the scapularies light buff-orange, closely barred trans- 
versely with delicate liver-brown lines. Lesser wing coverts umber-brown, 
mottled with reddish white spots and reddish orange lines. Quill coverts 
umber-brown, incompletely barred with reddish orange. Primary quill 
feathers brownish red. The four outermost of each wing with a large white 
blotch on the inner vane, about midway between the quill and tip of the 
feather ; the corresponding parts of the outer vane of the third and fourth 
