by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 703 



grass in the dry vleis and on tlie hillsides. It appears just 

 after sundown, and has a low skimming flight; it was very 

 fond of sitting on the open railway-traek or sometimes on 

 tiie posts of the fencing. It has a cry of several clear liquid 

 notes, distinct from those of other Nightjars which 1 have 

 met with. It is apparently a somewhat early breeder, for I 

 took a developed egg from the oviduct of a female shot in 

 August, and I shot a fully-fledged young bird in December. 

 The irides are dark brown.] 



400. CoRACIAS GARRULUS. 



p. Beira, Dec. 2, 12, 16, 17 (6). 



[It was only in tire Beira district of Portuguese East 

 Africa, in the summer of 1906-7^ that I came across this 

 bird, and I find the following references to it in my diary : — ■ 



"2 Dec, 1906. — Large flock of European Boilers passed 

 over here (6i mile camp) this afternoon, coming from the 

 N. and goiug S., travelling very high. After wasting several 

 'cartridges I succeeded in securing three specimens/^ 



"16 Dec, 1906. — Several small lots of C. garndus passed 

 over going south to-day.'^ And agaiu^ under date the 5th 

 Feb., 1907, I And:— 



" The European Roller which was so common here a few 

 weeks back has gone from round my camp (6^ mile), and 

 1 only saw two or three as I was walking up from Beira."] 



401. CORACIAS CAUDATUS. 



Tv. Klein Letaba, July, Aug., Sept. (7) ; P. Coguno, 

 Aug., Sept. (4) ; Beira, Nov., Dec. (2) ; Tete, Sept. (4). 



A young male, marked "Beira, Dec 16,^' has the crown 

 more faintly tinged with green than the adult and the 

 breast is cinnamon instead of lilac, while the elongated tail- 

 feathers are, of course, absent. 



[The Lilac-breasted Boiler has been observed in Zululand 

 north of the Illuhluwe Stream, in the Eastern and Northern 

 Transvaal, and in the Inhambane, Beira, Gorongoza, and 

 Tete districts of Portuguese East Africa. This species is 

 more or less confined to the lower '^ bush-veld,'"' and I 

 have only seen an occasional individual in the high country. 



