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spotted with black ; the markings on the scapulars large and 
well-developed, being longitudinal, like the accompanying buff 
markings ; wing-coverts with bright fulvous spots ; quills deep 
brown, with chestnut spots and bars, the three outer primaries 
having a large white spot on the inner web, this being some- 
times visible on the fourth ; the three outer tail-feathers with 
a large white spot at the end, an inch or an inch and a half in 
depth ; crown mottled with longitudinal black spots, bordered 
with rufous-buff ; round the hind-neck a broad collar of golden- 
or rufous-buff ; throat like the upper surface, with two large 
white patches, and with broad blackish bars on the fore-neck ; 
abdomen buff with brown bars, the under tail-coverts more 
uniform. Bill blackish-brown ; feet dull brown ; iris black. 
Total length, 12 inches; culmen, 0-5 ; wing, about S'o ; tail, 
67 ; tarsus, 07. 
Adult Female. — Similar to the male, and having the white spots 
on the primaries and tail-feathers as in that sex. Total length, 
12 inches; wing, S'o. 
Young Paler in colour than the male, the black markings 
less pronounced, and the white spots on the quills and tail- 
feathers less strongly indicated. 
Characters. — Distinguished from our Common Night-Jar by 
its larger size and by having a white spot on the primaries and 
tail-feathers in both sexes. As in C. etiropceus, the inner 
webs of the primaries are not uniform in colour, but it may 
be at once recognised by the broad rufous collar on the hind- 
neck. 
Range in Great Britain. — An accidental visitor only, one having 
been killed at Killingworth, and examined by the late Mr. 
John Hancock in the flesh on the 6th of October, 1856. 
Range outside the British Islands. — The Red-necked Night-Jar is 
an inhabitant of Southern Spain, where it comes every sum- 
mer and breeds. It has also been obtained in I^nguedoc and 
Provence in the south-east of France, as well as in Malta and 
Dalmatia. It probably winters in the oases of the Sahara, 
but its exact winter habitat has not yet been discovered, nor 
has it yet been found in West Africa. 
Hahits. — Mr. Howard Saunders, who is well acquainted with 
