. The birds of South Africa. Birds. CAPEIMULGIDa; COSMETOENIS 43 La/yard's B. 8. Afr. pp. 89, 803 (1875-84); Dates, Matahelelomct, p. 301 (1881); Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 240 [Mashonaland] ; Eohih (& Pelzeln, Om. Siid-Afrikas, p. 54 (1882); Hartert, Gat. B. M. xvi, p. 595 (1892) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 107 (1896) ; Sowerhy, Ibis, 1898, p. 570 [Ft. Chiquaqua] ; Alexander, Ibis, 1900, p. 94 [Zambesi] ; Marshall, ibid. p. 245 [Salisbury]; Woodward Bros. ibid. p. 520 [St. Lucia Lake]. ^ " Amadamba " of Mashonas ; " Manooella " of Matabele (Ayres). Description. Male.—Above,
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. CAPEIMULGIDa; COSMETOENIS 43 La/yard's B. 8. Afr. pp. 89, 803 (1875-84); Dates, Matahelelomct, p. 301 (1881); Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 240 [Mashonaland] ; Eohih (& Pelzeln, Om. Siid-Afrikas, p. 54 (1882); Hartert, Gat. B. M. xvi, p. 595 (1892) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 107 (1896) ; Sowerhy, Ibis, 1898, p. 570 [Ft. Chiquaqua] ; Alexander, Ibis, 1900, p. 94 [Zambesi] ; Marshall, ibid. p. 245 [Salisbury]; Woodward Bros. ibid. p. 520 [St. Lucia Lake]. ^ " Amadamba " of Mashonas ; " Manooella " of Matabele (Ayres). Description. Male.—Above, dark brown mottled and barred with pale rufous and black, a distinct dark rufous collar on the nape of the neck spotted with black ; primaries deep brown, white at their bases for about one-third their length and tipped with white, the seventh and eighth are somewhat elongated and not white tipped, the ninth is elongated to about three times the entire length of the bird, white at the base, along the shaft and inner web, the outer web darker; a white spot on the throat; breast. Fig. 19.—Wing of Cosmetornis vexillarius. x ^. rufous, abdomen white, both barred with blackish-brown, tail- coverts white, tail below, mottled black and white barred with black. Iris dark brown; upper mandible and tip of lower dusky, base of latter flesh-coloured ; legs and feet dusky-brown. Length about 10-5; wing (along first primary) 8'50; eighth primary 11-25; ninth primary 29*5 ; tail 5'5 ; culmen 0'42 ; tarsus 0-90. The female differs from the male in the following points; the rufous collar is narrower, the abdomen and under tail-coverts are buff barred with dark brown; there are no elongated primaries, and the wing-quills are deep brown with five large rufous spots on both webs. Distribution.—The Standard-wing Nightjar is only found in the more tropical portions of South Africa extending from the northern part of Damaraland along the Zambesi through Mashona-. Please note that these images a
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