Vol. XXVI, pp. 167-168 June 30, 1913 PROCEEDINGS i IF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON TWO NEW AFRICAN BIRDS. BY JOHN ('. PHILLIPS. The two birds to be described were taken by Dr. G. M. Allen and the writer on a short collecting trip during the past winter up the Nile to Khartoum, and then up the Blue Nile and Hinder rivers in Sennar. Most of the time was spent in the latter province, a region known ornithologically for a long time through the work of Heuglin and Riippell. Caprimulgus eleanorae sp. now Type, adult 9 M. C. Z. No. 63,436, taken at Fazogli, Line Nile, Sudan, 15 January. 1913. Description. — Most nearly like C. monticolus of India, of which it ap-pears tn he the African representative. In general color very much like the gray example-of C. monticolus, hut at once distinguished by the spots on the three outer primaries, being small and round and confined wholly to the inner web, instead of being large t and extending across both webs of 2d, 3d, and 4th primaries. In the new species the spot on the first primary is only 7 mm. in diameter, while on the third primary it is about 12mm. Wing, 185 mm. ; culmen to base of forehead, 28 mm.; exposed culmen, 11 mm.; tarsus, '_'() mm. The characters of the male are unknown. Remarks. — This species differs from all African species of somewhat similar general coloration by its much larger size, equal in fact to C. monticola. Passer domesticus chephreni subsp. nov. Type, adult o M. ('. Z. No. 63,594, from Gizeh, near Cairn, Egypt, December 12, 1912. Descript ion. — Like /'. <l. indicus hut cheeks and ear coverts much darker (smoke grey, Ridgway, 1912) instead of whitish. Size similar to 43— Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Vol. XXVI. 1913. 1167)
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