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of this specimen seems to have been made, nor do we even 

 know whether the skin was preserved. 



In Malta the Egyptian Nightjar has apparently occurred 

 occasionally, Prof. Giglioli {op. cit.) having noticed three 

 examples of the species in the Valletta University Museum, 

 said to have been obtained in the island in 1876. 



In England the species has been recorded as having 

 occurred once (Whitaker, 'Zoologist,^ 1883, p. 374). 



From Heligoland it has also been recorded once (Seebohm, 

 abis,' 1877, p. 163). 



Out of Europe C. agyptius is apparently common in Egypt 

 and Nubia (Shelley, B. Egypt, p. 175; Heuglin, Orn. N.O.- 

 Afr. i. p. 128), and also in Turkestan (SevertzolF, ' Ibis,' 

 1875, p. 491 ; Dresser, B. Eur. iv. p. 629). 



In Algeria and Tunisia the species occurs, and in some 

 of the more southern districts may be considered as fairly 

 common (Koenig, Reis. u. Forsch. in Algerien, p. 66; Whit. 

 'Ibis,' 1895, p. 102). 



I have no knowledge of its occurrence in Morocco. 



In conclusion, I may observe that the Sicilian example 



of C. agyptius, which is the subject of this letter, is of the 



very pale isabelline form, and is identical in colour with a 



specimen I have from South Tunis. 



Yours &c., 



Joseph I. S. Whitaker. 

 Palermo, 23rd May, 1899. 



Note on Coccyzus euleri. — Coccyzus euleri Cab. (J. f. O. 

 1873, p. 73) is referred to C. americanus in the British 

 Museum ' Catalogue of Birds' (vol. xix. p. 309), but is really 

 quite distinct and easily recognized by its smaller size and 

 the absence of rufous on the remiges. The bird was re- 

 named by Dr. J. A. Allen as C. lindeni (Bull. Essex 

 Institute, viii. 1876, p. 78), the identity of the two having 

 been pointed out by Chapman ('Auk,' viii. p. 159). The 

 latter also recorded an additional specimen in the collection 

 of the American Museum of Natural History, from Matto 

 Grosso, Brazil. 



