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Caprhnulgus natalensis, Smith. 



Caprimulgus natalensis, Gui-nei/, I/jis, 1860, p. 204 ; Shatye, ed. Lai/anTs 

 Birds S. Africa, p. 88 (1875-84) ; Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. 

 p. 564 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 85 (1900). 



The eggs of the ISTatal Nightjar taken by Mr. Ayres are of a plain 

 white colour, and measure respectively : i"18 by '85 ; I'lS by 'SG. 



Eggs in the Crowley Bequest, assigned to this species, are quite 

 different in colour and smaller in size. They are of a pinkish 

 cream-colour, mottled and smeared with very pale lavender and 

 brown. They measure respectively : 1-1 by "78; 1-11 by "76. 



2. Natal (T. Ayres). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



2. Krugersdorp, Transvaal. Crowley Bequest. 



Caprimulgas clarus, Reichenow. 



(Plate I. fig. 3.) 



Caprimulgus clarus, Hartert, Cut. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 552 (1892) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 85 (1900). 



The eggs of Reichenow's Nightjar taken by Mr. Jackson are ashy 

 white, clouded and smeared with pale brown and lavender-grey. 

 They are slightly glossy, and measure respectively : 1'0.5 by 12 ; 

 1-02 by -73. 



A third specimen is smaller and somewhat darker than the above. 

 It measures '95 b)' '72. 



2. Manda Island, E. Africa. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [P.l 



1. Mombasa, E. Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



Caprimulgus eximius, Temm. 



Caprimulgus eximius, Hartert, Cut. Birds B M. xvi. p. oG.'i (1892) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 85 (1900). 



An egg of the Notable Nightjar, taken in the Soudan, very 



closely resembles some of the eggs of C mahrattensis. It is 



greyish white, densely marbled with pale olivaceous brown and 

 lavender, and measures 1*11 by '82. 



1. Shendi, Sudan, 20th March. lion. N. C. Rothschild & A. E. 



Ii. Wollastou, Esq. [P.]. 



Caprimulgus mahrattensis, Syl-es. 



Caprimulgus mahrattensis, Barries, Jourii. Bumb. Nat. Hist. Soc. iv. p. 8, 

 pi. — . fig. 113 (1889) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests 4'- i%s Ind. Birds, 

 iii. p. 49 (1890) ; Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 561 (1892) ; 

 Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 184 (1895) ; Rattray, Juurn. 

 Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xii. p. 342 (1899) ; Sharj)e, Hand-l. ii. p. 85 

 (1900). 



The eggs of Sykes's Nightjar are moderately glossy and of 

 a greyish-white colour, spotted, marbled, and blotched with 



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