by Mr. Chmle Grant in South Africa. 699 



The Angola birds have a spot of white ou the lores, which, 

 however, is often paitially or wliolly concealed by the stiff 

 black tips of the feathers around ; this is not noticed in the 

 descriptions of C. andiietcn, but is probably present, as it is 

 in the Tete bird. 



Sheppard (Journ. S. A. O. U. v. 1909, p. 37) obtained 

 three examples of a Spine-tail, which he identified as 

 C hohmi, near Beira, and Wilde (Gunning and Haagner, 

 ' Check-list of South- African Birds,' p. 78) got others at 

 Sesheke on the Upper Zambesi ; the bird is therefore pro- 

 bably not uncommon along the Zambesi Valley, and makes 

 an addition to the avifauna of South Africa. 



[I have only seen this Swift at one locality, and that was at 

 the junction of the Mazoe and Luenya Rivers, some twenty 

 or twenty-five miles south of Tete; it was probably passing 

 there on migration, as about a dozen were seen for a few 

 days only, which were hawking over the water in company 

 with Cypselus caffer and Hirundo smithi. The flight is peculiar 

 owing to the short tail, which compels the bird to be con- 

 tinually using the wings, especially when turning. It is 

 apparently unable to turn with the graceful movement of 

 the other Swifts and Swallows. The cry was not unlike 

 that of H. smithi, and not the screech of the Swifts. 

 Unfortunately, after I shot the specimen that I brought 

 home, the others became wary and I could not secure any 

 more. 



The soft parts are : — Irides almost black ; bill, legs and 

 toes black.] 



392. Caprtmulgus europ.eus. 



CC. Plettenberg Bay, Mch. 9 (1); Z. Jususie Valley, 

 Dec. 2(1); P. Beira, Dec. 12 (1). 



The Jususie Valley example, though scxed a female, 

 appears to be a young male, while the Beira one, which is 

 sexed a male, is obviously a female. 



[" Wozavolo " of the Zulus. 



In its winter-quarters the European Nightjar has similar 

 habits to those I have noted in Europe except that it is 

 solitary, and I have never heard it call.] 



