THE EGYPTIAN NIGHTJAR. 

 Cap7'imulgus csgyptius, Lichtenstein. 

 Plate 23. 



The Egyptian or Isabelline Nightjar is another rare species, one example only 

 having been obtained in England. This was shot near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, 

 by the gamekeeper of Mr. J. Whitaker, of Rainworth Lodge in that county, on 

 23rd June 1883, and is now in his collection. 



This species is found in Egypt and Nubia, and across South-western Asia to 

 Afghanistan and Baluchistan. It makes no nest, the two eggs, in ground colour 

 a dingy yellowish- or greyish-white, with pale ashen-grey mottlings, being placed 

 on the desert sands. 



The male and female are alike in colour, and both lack the white wing and 

 tail spots, so marked in both sexes of the Red-necked Nightjar, and also in the 

 male of our common bird. 



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