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1. Arganda, Spain, June. Salvin-Godmaii Cull. 



2. Seville, Spain, 9th June (H. Seebohni Coll. 



Saunders). 



2. Coria, Spain, 16th May (H. #.). Seebohni Coll. 



2. Coria, 16th May (//. &), Seebohni Coll. 



2. Coria, 16th May (H. &). Seebohni Coll. 



2. Malaga. Crowley Bequest. 



Caprimulgus rufigena, Smith. 



Caprimulgus rufigena, Ayres, Ibis, 1869, p. 289; Sharpe, ed. Layard's 

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

 p. 532 (1892); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 155 (1899); Sharpe, 

 Hand-L ii. p. 88 (1900J. 



An egg of the Kufous-cheeked Nightjar taken by Mr. Ayres is of 

 a pinkish-buff colour, distinctly spotted and, in a minor degree, 

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



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



tram Coll.}. 



Caprimulgus fraenatus, Salvad. 



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

 Tierreich, Lief. i. Caprimulqidee, 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 by -82; 1-14 by '82. 



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



Caprimulgus pectoralis, Cuv. 



Caprimulgus pectoralis, Koeniy-Warth. J.f. O. 1868, p. 387; Sharpe, ed. 

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

 B. M. 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 T07 by 8. 



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

 tram Coll.). 



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



