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by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 
The Angola birds have a spot of white on the lores, which, 
however, is often partially or wholly concealed by the stiff 
black tips of the feathers around ; this is not noticed in the 
descriptions of C. anchietce , but is probably present, as it is 
in the Tete bird. 
Sheppard (Journ. S. A. O. U. v. 1909, p. 37) obtained 
three examples of a Spine-tail, which he identified as 
C. bohmi, near Beira, and Wilde (Gunning and Haagner, 
1 Check-list of South-African Birds/ p. 78) got others at 
Sesheke on the Upper Zambesi; the bird is therefore pro¬ 
bably not uncommon along the Zambesi Valley, and makes 
an addition to the avifauna of South Africa. 
[I have only seen this Swift at one locality, and that was at 
the junction of the Mazoe and Luenya Rivers, some twenty 
or twenty-five miles south of Tete; it was probably passing 
there on migration, as about a dozen were seen for a few 
days only, which were hawking over the water in company 
with Cypselus caffer and Hirundo smithi. The flight is peculiar 
owing to the short tail, which compels the bird to be con¬ 
tinually using the wings, especially when turning. It is 
apparently unable to turn with the graceful movement of 
the other Swifts and Swallows. The cry was not unlike 
that of H. smithi , and not the screech of the Swifts. 
Unfortunately, after I shot the specimen that I brought 
home, the others became wary and I could not secure any 
more. 
The soft parts are :—Irides almost black ; bill, legs and 
toes black.] 
392. CaPRIMULGUS EUROPiEUS. 
CC. Plettenberg Bay, Mch. 9 (1); Z. Jususie Valley, 
Dec. 2 (1) ; P. Beira, Dec. 12 (1). 
The Jususie Valley example, though sexed a female, 
appears to be a young male, while the Beira one, which is 
sexed a male, is obviously a female. 
[“ Wozavolo ” of the Zulus. 
In its winter-quarters the European Nightjar has similar 
habits to those I have noted in Europe except that it is 
solitary, and I have never heard it call.] 
