702 Mr. W. L. Sclatcr on J3irds collected 



Legogot, Apl. (1) ; P. Beira, Dec, Jan., Fe]). (3) ; Tete, 

 Aug. (2). 



The biirl killed Jan. 4th at Beira is in full moult; the 

 outer tail-feathers are only about half an incli long and quite 

 hidden. The Beira birds, as remarked by Grant, are slightly 

 smaller than those from the Transvaal, the wings averaging 

 150 against IGO mm. 



[The three males from Beira are somewhat smaller than 

 the rest of the series, the wing being only 6"0 inches as 

 compared with G*3 and 6*5 of males from other localities. 



I have noted this Nightjar in Zulnland, the Eastern 

 and North-Eastern Tiansvaal, and in the Beira, Gorongoza, 

 and Tete districts of Portuguese East Africa. It was neither 

 heard nor seen in the Inhambane district. 



This Nightjar usually sits ou the outside branches of trees, 

 whence it darts out on its prey, returning again to the same 

 spot; occasionally, also, it sits on the ground. It indulges 

 in long flights, often in wide circles, generally returning to 

 the place whicli it has left, and in this respect resembling 

 C. eiirojjceris. It was commonly seen in numbers every 

 evening on the Zambesi Kiver on my trip from Tanibarara 

 to Tete, skimming over the surface of the water, catching 

 insects and sittir;g on the sandbanks. The call is a '^churr'' 

 exactly resembling that of the European Nightjar, the 

 alarm-note being a sharp snap, probably caused by the beak. 

 In the daytime it is sometimes flushed in rough scrub and 

 vegetation on the outskirts of woods and forests. 



The irides are dark brown.] 



398. Caprimulgus natalensis. 



Z. Umfolosi Station, July, Aug. (1) ; Hluhluwe Stream, 

 Aug. (1) ; Jususie Valley, Dec. (2). 



One egg taken from a female shot at Umfolosi Aug. 30th. 



Only known in South Africa from Natal and Zululand. 



['' Foyia " of the Zulus. 



Only in Zululand and Natal have I noted this Nightjar. 

 In Zululand it was particularly plentiful, especially in the 

 Umfolosi country, where it was found lying up in the long 



