Birds of Gazaland, Southern Rhodesia. 281 
97. Caprimuneus Trimacutatus. Freckled Nightjar. 
I secured a male of this speciesin June last ; it was sitting 
at dusk in the centre of a road. The crop contained several 
Melalonthid beetles. Bill black, legs and feet grey. Length 
in the flesh 11°75 inches. 
98. Caprimuteus Frossir. Mozambique Nightjar. 
An abundant bird: the call either of this or of the other 
common species (I have never secured one in the act of 
calling) is heard most frequently in October, when they are 
commencing to breed. It is distinctly musical, and by the 
natives is rendered by a name which signifies, “ Grandpapa, 
I have married a wife” (literally, “the wife is paid for ye 
The crops examined contained beetles and in one case ova, 
probably of a large moth. Legs purplish grey. 
99. CosMErorNts VEXILLARIUS. Standard-wing Nightjar. 
I have found this Nightjar to be very fairly distributed, 
though nowhere abundant. The stomach of a male, shot on 
the Lower Umswirezi in November last, as it was hawking 
up and down over the water at nightfall, contained a large 
scarlet bug, the remains of hymenopterous insects, and 
beetles. The iris was indistinguishable from the pupil 
except by a faint purplish glow which pervaded it: the legs 
were distinctly purplish brown. 
A pair of eggs of this bird at present in my possession 
measure 28 mm. in length by 21 in breadth, and are pale 
pinkish brown in ground-colour, covered all over with 
irregular and ill-defined freckles and blotches of pale brown 
and still paler grey. The long primaries of this bird used 
to be reserved for the king. 
100. Coractas caupatus. Moselikatze’s Roller. 
On two occasions last winter, when I was burning grass, 
one of these birds visited the fire, taking up a position on a 
low tree hard by and making short flights after the insects 
that flew out. Though occurring in most parts of the 
district, “Blue Jays” are by no means so abundant here 
as in the neighbourhood of Salisbury. According to the 
