from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia . 311 
191. Tachornis parva. 
Tachornis parva (Licht.); Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus, 
xvi. p. 463 (1892) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 503. 
a. Famaka, Blue Nile, 9 May, 1899. (No. 504.) 
Iris brown; bill and legs black. 
192. Caprimulgus poliocephalus. 
Caprhnulgus poliocephalus Biipp. Neue Wirbelth. Vog. 
p. 106 (1835) ; id. Syst. Uebers. p. 15, pi. iv. (1845) ; 
Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mas. xvi. p. 546 (1892). 
a. S ad. Akake, Abyssinia, 24 January, 1899. (No. 273.) 
Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dark brown. 
So far as I am aware, the only previously known example 
of this rare Goatsucker is the type in the Frankfort Museum : 
the adult male bird before us agrees exactly with RuppelPs 
description. This species is of course new to the British 
Museum Collection. 
[Seen occasionally.—L.] 
193. Caprimulgus stellatus. (Plate IV.) 
Caprimulgus sfe/fato Weld-Blundell & Lovat, Bull. B.O.C. 
vol. x. p. xxi (1899). 
a. S' ad. Kassim river, Abyssinia, 17 January, 1899. 
(No. 222.) [ Type of the species .] 
This very distinct species is perhaps most nearly allied to 
C. griseatus Gray, from the Philippine Islands. It has the 
general colour of the upper parts earthy brown, with very 
fine 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 remiges 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 ; the underparts very 
similar to those of C. griseatus , but the chest and breast 
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