336 Mr, J. J. Monteiro on Birds collected in Angola. 



believe that when it sings near their huts, it is an omen of good 

 fortune. The stomachs contain beetles and grasshoppers. 



17. Pluvianus ^gyptius. 



Elegantly beautiful as it runs along the sandy banks of the 

 river Quanza, where alone I have as yet seen it in Angola. 

 Stomach contained gravel and remains of a large beetle. 



18. EupLECTES CAPENSis. Native name, " Saca." 



Male in half moulting, and two females in perfect plumage. 

 Common all over Cambambe. 



19. Caprimulgus ? *. Native name, " Lumbamba," 



Night-jar. 



Very common ; sings loudly all night long, but its notes are 

 not very varied. Stomach very large, and contained twelve cock- 

 roaches and moderately sized beetles, entire, with a mass equal- 

 ling them in amount of remains of same. Several worms wei'e 

 found in the cavity of the left eye. Locality, Cambambe. 



20. HiRUNDo MONTEiRi, Hartlaub, sp. nov. Native name, 

 " Prapia." 



Same habits as other Swallows, and uttering, when on the 

 wing, a similar note; builds its nest on rocks and walls, &c. 

 Stomach full of winged ants. Locality, Massangano and Cam- 

 bambe. 



21. Strix plammea. 

 Shot on the river Quanza. 



22. Phasmoptynx capensis. 



Shot at the river Mucozo (tributary to the Quanza), in Cam- 

 bambe, where it is very abundant. 



23. DicRURUS ? 



Chatters much ; is found on the Quanza and near the rivers 

 towards the interior; feeds on insects. 



24. Drym(ECA, sp. Native name, " Catete.'* 



Abundant everywhere in Cambambe ; builds a pretty nest, 

 sewn to the leaves of herbaceous plants, through holes which it 

 bores through them. 



* Perhaps C. rujigena, Smith. 



