from Deelfontein, Cape Colony. 25 



id. Cat. B. xvii. p. 63 (1892) ; id. Hand-1. B. ii. p. 74 

 (1900) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 320. 



a, b, c, d. $ ad. Deelfontein, Nov. 8-30, 1902. 



All four specimens are in full plumage. 



[This Bee-eater arrived in November and was fairly 

 common. It was generally to be found where there were 

 tall bushes, and again in kloofs in the mountains. It was 

 very fond of resorting to orchards to roost, coming there 

 in small flocks of about a dozen. We did not find it 

 breeding, but the Boers say that the birds lay their eggs in 

 holes in the sluits.] 



• 44. Caprimulgus europ^eus. 



Caprimulgus europaus Linn. ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 83 

 (1875) ; Hartert, Cat. B. xvi. p. 526 (1892) ; id. Tierr., 

 Caprimulgidee, p. 56 (1897) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 87 

 (1900); Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 352 (1902). 



a. ? . Deelfontein, March 5, 1902. 



[One specimen of the European Nightjar was shot near 

 the dam of a farm.] 



45. Caprimulgus rufigena. 



Caprimulgus rufigena Smith; Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 85 

 (1875); Hartert, Cat. B. xvi. p. 532 (1892); id. Tierr., 

 Caprimulgidse, p. 58 (1897) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 88 

 (1900) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 356. 



a, b. <$ pull. Deelfontein, Jan. 7, 1901. 



c, d. S; e. ? ad. Deelfontein, March 5-28, 1902. 



/. S ad. Deelfontein, Nov. 10, 1902. 



[Nightjars were never common with us, and were not 

 noticed on the veldt, but only round the farms and near the 

 dams. They arrived in November.] 



46. Cypselus caffer. 



Cypselus caffer (Licht.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 92 (1875) ; 

 id. Hand-1. B. ii. p. 96 (1900). 



Micropus caffer Hartert, Cat. B. xvi. p. 450 (1892). 



Apus caffer Hartert, Tierr., Cypselidre, p. 87 (1897) ; 

 Reichenow, t. c. p. 380. 



