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Caprimulgus natalensis, tiinith. 



Caprimulgus natalensis, Gurney, Ibis, 1860, p. 204 ; Sharpe, ed. LaijartTs 

 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 Natal Nightjar taken by Mr. Ayres are of a plain 

 white colour, and measure respectively : 1*18 by '85 ; 1-13 by '86. 



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; I'll by 'To*. 



2. Natal (T. Ayres}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Krugersdorp, Transvaal. ('"rowley Bequest. 



Caprimulgus clarus, Re/chenow. 

 (Plate 1. fig. 3.) 



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

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



The eggs of lleichenow'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: 1'05 by 72 ; 

 1-02 by -73. 



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

 It measures '95 by '72. 



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



J . Mombasa, E. Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



Caprimulgus eximius, Temm. 



Caprimulgus eximius, Hartert, Cat. Birds B M. xvi. p. 563 (1892) ; 

 Xharpe, 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 I'll by '82. 



1 . Shemli, Sudan, 20th March. Hon. N. 0. Rothschild & A. F. 



Ii. Wollaston, Esq. [P.]. 



Caprimulgus mahrattensis, Sykes. 



Caprimulgus mahrattensis, Barnes, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. iv. p. 8, 

 pi. . fig. 113 (1889) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, 

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

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

 Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xii. p. 342 (1899) ; Sharpe, 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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