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darker and more uniform; the two outer pairs of tail-feathers 
black, irregularly barred with rufous and with only the 
terminal part (0'8 inch) of both webs white. Iris brown ; 
bill black; legs brown. Total length about 10*0 inches, 
exposed part of culmen 0*45, wing 61, tail 4*3, tarsus O'72. 
[I believe this Goatsucker to be not uncommon in Shoa : 
it is rather lighter in colour than C. poliocephalus , and I 
believe that I saw it more than once, about dusk and in 
the early morning.—L.] 
194. ScOTORNIS CLIMACURUS. 
Scotornis climacunis (Vieill.) ; Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xvi. p. 596 (1892). 
a. ? Blue Nile, 15 May, 1899. (No. 522.) 
Iris brown; bill and legs dusky. 
[A very common bird on the Blue Nile, large numbers 
coming down to drink at the river just after the time of 
the Sand-Grouse. This Nightjar drinks like the Swallow 
and Swift. Captain Hunter kindly shot two specimens for 
me.—L.] 
195. Macrodypteryx macrodipterus. 
Macrodypteryoc macrodipterus (Afzel); Hartert, Cat. B. 
Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 594 (1892). 
a. $ . Wama, Abyssinia, 12 March, 1899. (No. 404.) 
h. J. Mendi, „ 31 March, 1899. (No. 466.) 
c. <$ imm. Mendi, Abyssinia, 2 April, 1899. (No. 470 ) 
rf. cJ. „ ,, 3 April, 1899. (No. 473.) 
e. S imm. ,, „ 4 April, 1899. (No. 476.) 
Iris, bill, and legs dark brown. 
[On the wing the male of this curious Goatsucker looks 
like a bird followed by two small bats attached to it by 
strings. When at rest the two elongate racquet-shaped 
quills were always extended beyond the tail, and the bird 
was never observed to erect them vertically above the back : 
indeed it seems impossible that it should be able to do so. 
These long wing-feathers apparently give it a great ad¬ 
vantage in seeking its food, as the crop was always found 
full of night-beetles and flying-bugs even at early dusk. 
