EED-NECKED NIGHTJAR. 



CAPRIMULGUS RUFICOLLIS, Temm. 



Caprimulgus ruficollis, Temm. Man. d'Orn. p. 438 (1820) ; 

 Yarr. ed. 4^ ii. p. 386 (note) ; Dresser, iv. p, 683. 



Engoulevent d collier roux, French ; Zumaya, Papavientos, 

 Enganapastores, Chotacabras, Spanish. 



One specimen only of this very beautiful bird has 

 been recorded as having occurred in England ; the 

 individual in question was found in the flesh by the 

 late John Hancock, of Newcastle, in a shop in that 

 town, and was stated to have been killed on the pre- 

 vious day, October 5th, 1856, at Killingworth ; it is now 

 in the Newcastle Museum. 



This bird is common, but exceedingly local, in Spain. 

 We found it in abundance in the swampy willow-groves 

 in the neighbourhood of Aranjuez on its first arrival 

 early in May, and it is very common in most parts 

 of Andalucia during the summer months, especially 

 frequenting the sandy pine-woods, though by no means 

 infrequently met with also in the scrub-grown wastes. 



