. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. M. Louette 72 1990 110(2). Figure 1. Distribution of Caprimulgus natalensis in Zaire (circles), with indication of regions and important localities mentioned. straw-coloured specimens, which supposedly belong to the migratory nominate race of climacurus, is not great for Zaire, and all come from the northeast: Chapin (1939) mentioned 2 from Faradje (3°45'N, 29°42'E), taken 7 February and 24 November; 3 were collected in the Garamba park (one on 18 January 1950, 2 others on 24 January 1950); and 2 pale birds in the KMMA are from
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. M. Louette 72 1990 110(2). Figure 1. Distribution of Caprimulgus natalensis in Zaire (circles), with indication of regions and important localities mentioned. straw-coloured specimens, which supposedly belong to the migratory nominate race of climacurus, is not great for Zaire, and all come from the northeast: Chapin (1939) mentioned 2 from Faradje (3°45'N, 29°42'E), taken 7 February and 24 November; 3 were collected in the Garamba park (one on 18 January 1950, 2 others on 24 January 1950); and 2 pale birds in the KMMA are from Bambesa (3°28'N, 25°44'E—no date) and Angodia (3°32'N, 25°47'E—27 February 1941, moulting central rectrices). All other specimens are darker, but with considerable variation (some are rich rufous) and are considered to belong to the race sclateri. Even in the northern part of Uele (in the Garamba park) dark birds occur and predominate in the collection. C. climacurus has long been known to exist as well near the middle Zaire River (although not from Lower Zaire, as mentioned erroneously by Schouteden 1951: specimens from Boma and Leopoldville are in fact fossil). It is also present in the Kasai (with one record in neighbouring Angola—Traylor 1963); however, the occurrence further south, in Shaba, apparent in the Atlas map, is doubtful, the specimens mentioned by Schouteden (1951) from Mutombo Mukulu and Kadia turning out to be fossil. The species is present over most months of the year in the regions both north and south of the equatorial forest belt, moult there and stay months afterwards in fresh and later in worn plumage, so that it is very likely they are residents or at least not long-distance migrants. Two young birds from Kasai, both collected in January, are in the KMMA Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may
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