a few, 
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movement, and she generally rested her head on a small dead branch 
that lay beside the nest. 
This Nightjar is remarkable for its very black coloration and broad 
golden-buff collar. The length is about 9°5 inches; wing, 6°8. Both 
male and female have the white spots on the wing-feathers, the first 
four primaries being spotted. The two outer tail-feathers have a 
white termination, of exactly the same size in both, and occupying 
nearly the terminal half of the feather. 
Fig. Levaill, Ois. d’Afr. i, pl. 49. 
80. CapRIMULGUS RUFIGENA, Rufous-cheeked Goatsucker. 
Sir A. Smith says that this Goatsucker ‘is chiefly found in the 
eastern districts of the colony, and, in common with the other Cape 
species, seeks its food generally in the dusk of the evening, and 
during the early part of the night.” We have seen it from the 
Karroo near Beaufort, and from Grahamstown. At Port Elizabeth 
it has been noted by Mr. Rickard. Dr. Exton met with it near Kanye 
in the Matabili country, and Mr. T, E. Buckley, in his account of his 
journey in the latter locality, observes :—< This is the only species 
of Goatsucker we obtained, and it was common from the Limpopo, 
where we only found it in the rainy season, far into the Matabili 
country.” Mr. Ayres has found it in the Transvaal, where he pro- 
cured the egg. Mr. Andersson writes:—‘I have found this bird 
tolerably common in the southern part of Damara Land, and it is 
also an inhabitant of Great Namaqua Land. It is met with singly 
or in pairs, and frequents moderately dense brushwood.” He thinks 
that they are partially migratory as they are “much more common 
in the rainy than during the dry season.” It is certain that the 
present species goes further to the north than Mr. Andersson tells 
us in the above notes, for he himself procured it subsequently in 
Ondonga. How far it extends on the eastern side of the continent 
has yet to be seen, but at present it has not been found even in the 
Zambesi, and so does not find a place in the “ Vogel Ostafrika’s” of 
Drs. Finsch and Hartlaub. 
Mr. H. Jackson found it breeding at Camfers Kraal, where he 
resides, and forwarded eggs: these are oval, of a dull salmon 
coloured ground, profusely blotched and clouded with greyish purple. 
exis, 12//’; diam., 9’/’, 
