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under rocks in the Suru pass. Brehm states that this 

 bird breeds on palms. Of course he has confounded its 

 nidification with that of another group of Swifts, to 

 which belong C. baiassiensis, Gray, of India, and C. 

 parvus, Licht. of Africa. 



Family CAPEIMULGID.3E. 



78. Caprimulgus nubicus, Licht. 



Dubl. Cat. p. 59. 



O. infuscatus, Riipp. Atlas, t. 6, p. 9. — Syst. Uebers. No. 61. 



0. tamaricis, Tristram, Ibis, 1866, p. 75, pi. ii. 



0. nubicus, Heugl. Orn. N. 0. Afr. No. 92. 



I obtained a single specimen of a Nightjar near Zulla, 

 ■Bjliich may perhaps belong to this species, as it agrees 

 in measurements and in most of the characters with 

 Eiippell's description. It differs in colour from the 

 plate, being much greyer, but in the case of other 

 species figured in Eiippell's Atlas the coloration is not 

 always quite accurate. RiippeU only mentions a white 

 band on the three outer primaries. In the bird from 

 Zulla the four first primaries are banded, the band being 

 imperfect on the first. The measurements are : Wing 

 5*6 in., tail 4, tarsus 0"8, whole length about 8"75. 



I think there can scarcely be a doubt but that my 

 bird is also identical with C. tamaricis, Tristram. That 

 ornithologist has doubtless been misled by Eiippell's 

 very poorly executed plate. It also agrees with Lich- 

 tenstein's description. 



There are two white spots on the throat. 



