196 
Bulletin of the British 
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 075, 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*0 inches, culmen 
054, wing 2*35, tail 1'25, tarsus 055. 
Hab. Tchlea, 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 line vermiculations 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 
(•08 inch) of both webs pure white. Iris brown ; bill black ; 
legs brown. Total length about 10 0 inches, exposed part of 
culmen 0*45, wing 6*1, tail 43, tarsus 0*72. 
Hab. Kassim river, Abyssinia: 18th January, 1899. 
