122 CAPEIMULGIDJS. 



ChaBtura caudacuta. Needle-tailed Swift. 



Hirundo caudacuta LatJiam, Ind. Om. Suppl. ii. 1801, 

 p. Ivii : Australia. 



Acanthyllis caudacuta (Lath.) ; S. O. TJ. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 74; 



Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 265. 

 Chffitui-a caudacuta Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. 1892, p. 472. 



Ca«(?acMto= with a sharp tail; cat«Ja=tail, acutMS=Bharp; derived from 

 the spine-like tips of the rectrioes. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Rare Visitor, wbich 

 has occurred twice : — at Great Horkesley, Essex, July 

 1846, and at Ringwood, Hampshire, July 1879, when two 

 were seen, one of which was shot. 



General Distribution. — The Needle-tailed Swift breeds in 

 eastern Siberia, Mongolia, Manchuria, Saghalien, and Japan, 

 migrating in winter to Australia and Tasmania. A closely 

 allied form, C. nudipes, inhabits the Himalaya. 



Suborder CAPBIMULGI. 



Family CAPRIMULaiD^. 



Genus CAPRIMULGUS Linnaius, Syst. Nat. 1758, 



p. 193. 



Type : C. europceus Linn. 



CayrimMlgMS= goat-milker, from caper and mulgere ; from a superstition 

 referred to by Pliny, JS. N. x. 56. 



Caprimulgus europaeus. Nightj.4k. 



CaprimulgUS europseus Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1 758, p. 193 : 



Sweden. 



CaprimulgUS europseus Zinn. ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 75 ; 

 Hartert, Cat. Birds B. If. xvi. 1892, p. 526; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 267. 

 EuropBeus=oi Europe. 



Distribution in the British Isiaiids. — A regular Summer 

 Visitor from May to September and occasionally until 

 November. Generally distributed, except in the Shetland 



