THE NIGHTJAR. 207 



which he has bestowed the name Caprimulgus 

 tamaricis} 



Between the months of April and October, 

 our Nightjar is generally dispersed throughout 

 the British Islands, even to the north of Caith- 

 ness, extending also to the Inner group of 

 islands, but not reaching the Outer Hebrides. 

 Mr. Robert Gray, of Glasgow, reports that it 

 is not uncommon in Islay, lona and Mull, and 

 also in Skye, in all of which islands eggs have 

 been found. 



Stragglers have been observed in summer and 

 autumn for several years in Shetland. The late 

 Dr. Saxby saw it at Balta Sound about the end 

 of July, skimming over the fields, and now and 

 then alighting on the dykes, but he regarded its 

 appearance in Shetland as merely accidental. 



In Ireland this bird is considered to be a 

 regular summer visitant to favourite localities in 

 all quarters of the island, but of rare occurrence 

 elsewhere.'* 



^ " The Land of Israel," p. 250. ^ Thompson, of. cit. 



