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Show 600 DR. R. B O W D L E R SHARPE O N [May 22, of C. tceniolcema being quite different from the fine and paler barring of C. hausburgi. There is another specimen in the Rothschild collection at Tring which agrees with Mr. Jackson's bird; it was collected by Dr. Ansorge at the Eldoma Ravine.-R. B. S.] 18. CAPRIMULGUS TRIMACULATUS. Caprimulgus trimaculatus (Swains.) : Hartert, Tierr., CaprimuU gidce., p. 55 (1899). Caprimulgus lentiginosus, Smith : Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 536 (1892) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 106 (1896). No. 24. d. July 20,1899. Eyes very dark blue ; bill brownish black; legs and feet brown. W e found this bird chiefly on the banks of the small running creeks which intersect the forest. The general coloration of the species is beautifully adapted to its surroundings, making it most difficult at all times to discover where the bird has actually alighted. 19. CAPRIMULGUS FR^ENATUS. Caprimulgus frcenatus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. xxi. p. 118 (1884) : Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 322; Hartert, Cat, B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 533 (1892); Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 106 (1896); Hartert, Tierr., Caprimulgidce, p. 59 (1899). No. 68. 2 imm. Western slope of Mount Kenya, 10,000 feet, Sept. 4, 1899. Bill black ; legs and feet pinkish brown ; iris dark hazel. 20. CORACIAS CAUDATUS. Coracias caudatus (Linn.) : Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 21 (1892); Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 109 (1896); Sharpe, Hand-1. B. ii. p.'46 (1900). No. 23. 2 • Nairobi Forest, July 20,1899. Eyes bright reddish brown; bill black ; legs and feet greenish yellow. Single specimens only were noticed, and invariably in the open glades and banana shambas. 21. COLIUS AFFINIS. Colius affinis, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 312; id. B. Africa, i. p. 118 (1896). No. 4. 2 • Nairobi Forest, 6000 feet. Iris hazel; legs and feet pale coral; bill dark brown : lower mandible yellowish. [This specimen is much darker than the majority of the others in the British Museum from various localities, but there seems to be such a decided graduation in tint in a large series from light to dark brown, that I have been unable to draw any definite line of demarcation. Some of Mr. Jackson's specimens from the Ravine seem to be quite as dark as the Nairobi bird, but others from Nandi and Njemps are lighter again.-R. B. S.] |