63 CAPRI mulgidvt:. 
at once to Lord Lilford, who had it alive till 1870. I met 
with no more till the 10th of November, 1870, when I shot 
one and picked up the remains of another. In October and 
November 1871 I repeatedly and carefully went over the 
same ground, but did not see any, while friends of mine there 
in August and September, whom I begged to look out for these 
Owls, did not come across one. All the eight birds above 
mentioned were found within a space of about a square 
mile ; and, strange to say, I never saw any elsewhere. In 
December 1873, Lieutenant Reid, of the Royal Engineers, 
shot one when snipe-shooting in the same locality. I was 
there in March and May in 1874, and, though I hunted all 
the likely ground over, failed to meet with even one. 
Order PICARI^. 
Family CaprimulgidvE. 
44. Caprimulgus europ^us, Linn. Common Goat-sucker 
or Nightjar. 
" Occurs near Tangier, but is less numerous than the 
Rufous-naped Goatsucker, some, however, remaining to nest. 
The others pass on across the Straits during May and June, 
returning from September to November to pass the winter 
further south. '^ — Favier. 
The Nightjar is found in Andalucia, as in Tangier, the 
earliest date of arrival noticed being the 5th of May. 
45. Caprimulgus RUFicoLLis, Temm. Rufous-naped Goat- 
sucker. 
Moorish. Tref el royau (Favier) . Spanish. Zumaya, Papa 
Vientos, ChotaCabras. 
'' This Goatsucker is very abundant near Tangier, arriving 
to cross the Straits in April and May, to return in October and 
November. Many remain to breed, nesting on the bare 
ground among scrubby brushwood, and laying two eggs, 
which are to be found from May to August," — Favier. 
The Rufous-naped Goatsucker is extremely plentiful near 
