by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 701 



be confiued more or less to the coast-ljelt. Only tlic pair 

 secured were seen at Port Nollotli^ and none were heard 

 calling ; but at the Cajjc it was plentiful, and could be beard 

 and seen every night, being very partial to orchards and 

 cultivated lands. It was found sitting on the posts of the 

 fencing, whence it took short flights round the fields, often 

 returning again to its percb.. It has a charming note, I think 

 bigber in tone than either that of C. fussei or that of C euro- 

 pceus,aud another, somewhat guttural_, wdiieli is probably the 

 sexual call. It ap[)arently breeds fairly early, as the pair 

 sbot at Port Nollotb were flushed from the nest, which was 

 a mere boUow in the sand on an open stony billside, and 

 contained one egg just laid. On skinning the female I 

 found another in the oviduct not quite hardened. 

 The irides are dark brown.] 



396. Caprimulgus trimaculatus. 



Tv. Swab's Nek, July (1); AVoodbush, June (1) ; 

 Legogot, Apl., May (5). 



Tills is a rare species in South Afri^^a. There are only 

 three South-African examples in the Britisli Museuui — the 

 type of C. lentigiiwsus A. Smith, from Namnqualand, one 

 skin from the Cunene lliver, and one from llustenberg. 

 The present series is therefore a w-elcome addition. The 

 female lias tbe wbite spots on the three outer primaries as 

 in the male, but no wbite on the tail. 



[Only in the Eastern and the Is'orth-Eastern Tiansvaal 

 liave 1 noted this distinct Tsightjar. It Mas faiily plentiful 

 at I.egogot, but two specimens were seen at AVoodhnsb and 

 one was secured in the low veld. It a[)])ears about sun- 

 down, and always sits in roads or tracks, never, I believe, 

 on a stump or tree, and I have not (hished it in the daytime. 



Whether this bird is silent or not I do not know, but 

 I have been unable to recognise its call. 



The irides are dark brown.] 



397. Caprimulgus fossti. 



Z. Umfolosi Station, July (2); Hlubluwe Stream, Aug. 

 (1); Tv. Woodbush, Jan. (2); Pietersburg, Mcb. (I); 



