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1. Aigancla, Spain, June. Salvin-fiddnian Coll. 



2. Seville, Spain, 9th June {H. Seebolim Coll. 



Saunders). 



2. Coria, Spain, 16tli May {H. S.). Seebolim Coll. 



2. Coria, 16th May (//. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Coria, 16th May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Malaga. Crowley Bequest. 



Caprimulgus rufigena, Smith. 



Caprimulgus rufigena, Ai/res, Ibitt, 1869, p. 289; Sharpe, ed. Layard's 

 Birds S. Africa, p. 85 (1875-84) ; Hartert, Cut. Birds B. M. xvi. 

 p. 5;J2 (1892); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 155 (1899); Sharpe, 

 Mand-l.u. p. 88 (1900 J. 



An egg of the Rufous-cheelced Nightjar taken by Mr. Ayres is of 

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

 blotched with lilac-red and lavender. It measures 1'08 by "78. 



1. Transvaal, Oct. (T. Aijres : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 tram Coll.). 



Caprimulgus fraenatus, Salvad. 



Caprimulgus frsenatus, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 533 (1892) ; id. 

 Tierreich, Lief. i. Caprimidqidxe, p. 59 (1897) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. 

 p. 88 (1900); Hinde, Ibis, 1900, p. 499. 



The eggs of Salvadori's Nightjar are cream-coloured, 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 b/-82; 1-14 by -82. 



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



Caprimulgus pectoralis, Cuv. 



Caprimuigus pectoralis, Koenig-Warth. J.f. O. 1868, p. 387; Sharpe, ed. 

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

 B. 31. xvi. p. 534 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 88 (1900). 



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

 colour, very faintly mottled all over with grey or light purple. It 

 measures 1"07 by 8. 



1. Transvaal, Oct. {T. Ayres * ; Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 tram Coll.). 



Mr. Ayres does not refer to (his egg in any of his published writings. 



