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European Goatsucker of Mr. Pape, a game-dealer of this town. It had been shot the previous 

 day at Killingworth, near Newcastle. I was unable to determine the sex from dissection ; but I 

 think it is most probably a male, as the first primaries have each a spot upon their inner webs, 

 and the first two spots are white." It does not appear to have occurred elsewhere in Northern 

 Europe ; but Degland and Gerbe write that it has been several times obtained in Provence and 

 Languedoc, and Baron J. W. von Muller says (J. f. O. 1856, p. 226) that it has several times 

 been captured near Marseilles, and almost always eaten ! Polydore Roux records one single 

 instance of its capture near Marseilles ; and Messrs. Jaubert and Bathelemy-Lapommeraye also 

 speak of one having been knocked down by a carter with his whip as it flew across the road. 



In Portugal it is recorded by Professor Barboza du Bocage as " common ;" but the Rev. A. C. 

 Smith says (Ibis, 1868, p. 449) that he "anxiously hoped to obtain it in Portugal, but found it 

 was extremely rare." In Spain it is found during the summer season, and, judging from the 

 number of specimens of both the eggs and birds sent from there, must be tolerably numerous. 

 Colonel Irby sent many specimens from near Gibraltar; and Mr. Howard Saunders, in his 

 notes on the ornithology of Southern Spain, writes (Ibis, 1871, p. 67) that it "arrives in May, 

 and is always to be found in the pine-woods near Seville. The eggs, two in number, are, as 

 a rule, a trifle larger than those of the preceding species [C. europceus], but they vary so much 

 that unidentified specimens are valueless. This species enjoys the same evil reputation for 

 sucking the teats of goats and cows ; but I never yet found a Spanish peasant who was idiot 

 enough to class it with the Hawks, as many of our gamekeepers do its congener." It has not 

 been recorded from Italy, but has been twice obtained at Malta by Mr. C. A. Wright, who 

 says (Ibis, 1864, p. 58), " a specimen of this bird was shot at Imtahlep, on the south-west of 

 Malta, at the end of May 1860. The preserved skin fell into my possession a few days after- 

 wards;" and again (Ibis, 1865, p. 464), he writes as follows: — "A male specimen (the second I 

 have met with) of this fine Nightjar was shot here on the 12th May of the present year (1865), 

 and 1 have preserved the skin. It flew up against the balcony of a country-house, and thus 

 brought about its own destruction ; for the inmate, being a sportsman, immediately went out with 

 a gun and bagged it." It does not appear to have occurred in Greece ; but Canon Tristram 

 speaks of a specimen having been obtained in Palestine, for he writes (Ibis, 1866, p. 76) as 

 follows: — "A skin of this species was offered to me for sale by a Greek in Jerusalem, who 

 assured me he had bought it in the flesh in the market there ; and as all his other birds were 

 unquestionably natives, I had no reason to doubt his statement ; but his price was prohibitory. 

 I have remarked that while in Algeria the common Nightjar is a winter visitant only, the red- 

 necked species is certainly only a summer migrant, though very abundant. It is curious that in 

 the more southern latitude of Palestine this certainly does not hold good, and that neither 

 species should remain through the winter." None of the authors on the ornithology of North- 

 east Africa includes it as occurring on that side of the continent ; but it is common in North- 

 western Africa, and Major Loche speaks of it as being "numerous in Algeria, where it frequents 

 wooded districts;" he obtained a specimen near Djelfa. I have obtained an exceedingly pale 

 specimen from Tunis through Mr. Fairmaire, who labelled it Caprimulgus isabellinus ; but it is 

 certainly nothing but a pale variety of the present species. Canon Tristram met with it in 

 Algeria; and Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., writes (Ibis, 1871, p. 73) as follows:— "On the 8th of 



