166 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO BULLETIN. [XAT. 2, 3 6- 4. 



The nest described was hanging from the underside of a branch 

 of a silk cotton tree and was made of the plumose seeds of a species 

 of Bromeliad Catopsis nutans. 



I watched for some weeks a nest which corresponded closely to 

 this description hanging from the middle of an archway m the Court 

 House in San Fernando, but was never able to see the bird itself 

 to confirm. 



67. Chcetura spinicauda Temm. Grey-Rumped Swift. 

 Acanthylis polioura. Leotaud No. 40. 



A specimen of this bird flew into a house in Maracas Valley after 

 dark in the evening of December 27, 1920. 



The stomach contained small broken remains of various insects 

 particularly beetles. 



Family CAPRIMULGID/E. Night Jars. 

 68, Nyctodromus alhicollis, Gmel. Road Night Hawk. 

 Caprimulgus albicollis. Leotaud No. 33. 

 What I take to be this species is commonly seen rising from the 

 road in front of motor cars when driving in the dusk. 



In the Journal of the Trinidad Field Naturalists Club II 109 

 there is a short account of its habits. It is recorded as breeding in 

 May 1894. One egg was found in a slight depression in the ground. 

 It had shades of salmon and reddish brown with a few grey marks 

 towards the larger end. 



69. Nyctibius jamaicensis, Gmel. Poor-me-one. 



Leotaud No. 32. 



According to A. B. Carr {Journal Trinidad Field Naturalists 



Club 11,1 894, 1 37) this bird " calls only from February to June. It is 



a strictly nocturnal bird, feeding on night beetles, the large firefly being 



its chief victim." 



I have heard the cry of this bird on several occasions chiefly in 

 the wooded cacao districts, but have no recollection of it in the more 

 open areas. 



70. Chordeiles acutipennis, Bodd. Fork Tailed Night-jar. 



Chordeiles minor. Leotaud No. 35. 

 A flock of about ten birds of this species was seen flying over the 

 sugar cane at Harmony Hall on August 18, 1919 about 6.15 p.m., the 

 sun having only just set and it being still quite light. They were 

 flying fairly high and obviously hawking for insects. One was shot 

 and the stomach found to contain nearly two hundred flying ants. 



On the following evening one was seen flying just as the sua 

 was setting. 



