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rAPHiMn.ccs. 



1. Aipuula, Spain, Juiip. Salviii-nddniaii Coll. 



2. Seville, Spain, 9lh June ( //. Seeboliuk Coll. 



Saunders). 



2. Coiia, Spain, 16th Mav (H. S.). Seebohni Coll. 



2. Coria, Ifitli Mav (//. -S'.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Coria, Kith May (//. .S'.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Mala^'a. " Crowley Eequest. 



Caprimulgus rufigena, Smith. 



Caprimulg-us ruliii-ena, Ai/res, Ihis, l.s(j9, p. 289; Slntriic, ed. Lai/ard's 

 Birds a. Africa, p. 85 (187-5-84) ; Harterf, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. 

 p. 532 (1892); Nehrk. Kat. Eicrsamml. p. 155 (1899); Sharjje, 

 Hand-l. ii. p. 88 (1900j. 



An egg of the Eufous-cheeked Nightjar taken by Mr. Ayres is of 

 a pinkish-bufF colour, distinctly spotted and, in a minor degree, 

 blotched with lilac-red and lavender. It measures 1'08 by •~'6. 



1. Transvaal, Oct. (7'.Ai/rrs: Trig- Crowley Bequest. 

 train Coll.). 



Caprimulgtis fraenatus, Salvad. 



Caprimulgus fraenatus, Ilartvrt, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 533 (1892) ; id. 

 Tierreich, J^ief. i. Caprimulqidce, p. 59 (1897) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. 

 p. 88 (1900) ; Ilimle, lhi.'<, 1900, p. 499. 



The eggs of Salvadori's Xightjar are cream-colonred, with under- 

 lying blotches of lavender-grey, these blotches being much more 

 pronounced on one of the eggs than on the other, the same egg 

 also having some surface-blotches of pale brown, which are present, 

 but very faintly indicated, in the second. The measurements are 

 1-20 by -82; 1-14 by -82. 



2, Kitui, Brit. E. Africa, Nov. Dr. S. L. Ilinde [P.]. 



Caprimulgus pectoralis, Cav. 



Caprimulgus pectoralis, Kocniy-Warth. J.f. 0. 1808, p. 387; Sharpe, ed. 

 Zai/ard's Birds S. Africa, p. 84 (1875-84); Hartert, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xvi. p. 534 (1892) ; S/iarpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 88 (1900). 



An egg of the South-African Nightjar is of a pinkish cream- 

 colour, very faintly moitled all over v. ith grey or light puride. It 

 measures 1'07 by 8. 



1. Transvaal, Oct. (7". .r^yrfs * ; Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 trarn Coll.). 



Mr. Ayres does not refer to this egg in any of Lie published writings. 



