532 CAPRIMUTGIP.-E. 



Tn Tunis and Algeria beautiful pale, very isahelline and rufous- 

 shaded varieties occur, while darker-coloured specimens also come 

 from the same countries. Probablj' these paler birds inhabit more 

 desert-like localities, but similarly pale varieties seem to occur in all 

 countries where the species is found. 



Hub. Western parts of North Africa, Tunis, Algeria, Morocco, 

 South-west Europe, Southern Spain and Portugal. Several times 

 observed in Malta, is a rare straggler in Southern France, and has 

 once been recorded as being shot in England. It has also been 

 recorded from the Canaries, although recent ornithologists have not 

 found it there. It is also stated by Canon Tristram that he saw a 

 skin in Palestine, but its occurrence in that country recpiires con- 

 firmation. It is said to be a migrant, its winter-quarters being 

 unknown. 



a. Pull. sk. Tunis. L. Fraser [C.]. 



b,c. c? ? ad. sk. Ben Moussar, Algeria Shelley Coll. 



(Loche). 



d. 2 ad. sk. Tangiers {Favicr). Tweeddale Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Tangiers (Olcese). Shelley Coll. 



f. 2 imm. sk. Grauada, Spain, Aug. {11. Tweeddale Coll. 



Saunders) . 

 ff,h. cJ ? ad. sk. Seville, May 8 {H. Saun- ^ Tweeddale CoU, 



ders) . 

 i. (S ad. sk. Pinares de Corin, May 10 Tweeddale Coll. 



(H. Saunders). 



3. Caprimtilgus rufigena. 



Capriraulgus rufigena, Snu't/i, III. Zool. S. Afr., Birds, pi. 100(1845); 

 B}). Com]), i. p. 60 ( 18o0) ; Cass. Cat. Caprim. Ac. Philad. p. 3 

 (ISol); Hartl. J.f. 0. 1853, p. 3915; id. Orn. W.-Afr.y>. :22 (1857); 

 Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 56 (1869) ; Aijres, Ibis, 1809, p. 289 ; Gurney 

 in Anderss. B. Damara-Ld. p. 44 (1872) ; Buckley, Ibis, 1874, 

 p. 302 (Matabele) ; S/iarpe, ed. Bayard's B. S. Afr. p. 85 (1875) ; 

 Bocaye, J. f. O. 1876, p. 408 ; Ayres, Ibis, 1876, p. 424 ; Gurney, 

 Ibis, 1877, p. 341 (Transvaal) ; Bocaye, Jorn. Lisb. 1878, p. 266; 

 id. Orn. Anyola, p. 154 (1881); Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 377 

 (1882); Synwnds, Ibis, 1887, p. 327 (Orange JVee State). 



Caprimulgus dauiarensis, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 143 (Damara) ; 

 C/iaj»n. Trav. S. Afr, Ajjp. p. 410 (1868); Salvin, Cat. Strickl. 

 Coll. p. 377, note (1882). 



Caprimulgus europjeus, Barraft, Ibis, 1876, p. 197 (part. ; Marico). 



Adult male. Much smaller than C. ev.ropancs • primaries deep 

 blackish brown ; the first four (not three only, as in C. europaus) 

 with very large white spots, on the inner web of the first 

 and on both webs of the following three ; the smaller under wing- 

 coverts are less, the greater not at all, barred with dark brown ; a 

 rather narrow orange-buff collar on the hind neck ; the wing-coverts 

 are adorned with orange-buff spots, two outer rectrices on each side 

 with veiy broad white tips. Total length about 9'o inches, 

 wing G-4, tail 4-7, tarsus 0-7, feathered for nearly the upper half, 

 culmen 0'4. 



