702 Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 
Legogot, Apl. (1) ; P. Beira, Dec., Jan., Feb. (3); Tete, 
Aug. (2). 
The bird killed Jan. 4th at Beira is in full moult; the 
outer tail-feathers are only about half an inch long and quite 
hidden. The Beira birds, as remarked by Grant, are slightly 
smaller tban those from the Transvaal, the wings averaging 
150 against 160 mm. 
[The three males from Beira are somewhat smaller than 
the rest of the series, the wing being only 6’0 inches as 
compared with 6*3 and 6'5 of males from other localities. 
I have noted this Nightjar in Zululand, the Eastern 
and North-Eastern Transvaal, and in the Beira, Gorongoza, 
and Tete districts of Portuguese East Africa. It was neither 
heard nor seen in the lnhambane district. 
This Nightjar usually sits on the outside branches of trees, 
whence it darts out on its prey, returning again to the same 
spot; occasionally, also, it sits on the ground. It indulges 
in long flights, often in wide circles, generally returning to 
the place which it has left, and in this respect resembling 
C. europceus. It was commonly seen in numbers every 
evening on the Zambesi Biver on my trip from Tambarara 
to Tete, skimming over the surface of the water, catching 
insects and sitting on the sandbanks. The call is a “ churr ” 
exactly resembling that of the European Nightjar, the 
alarm-note being a sharp snap, probably caused by the beak. 
In the daytime it is sometimes flushed in rough scrub and 
vegetation on the outskirts of woods and forests. 
The irides are dark brown.] 
398. Caprimulgus natalensis. 
Z. Umfolosi Station, July, Aug. (1) ; Hluliluwe Stream, 
Aug. (1); Jususie Valley, Dec. (2). 
One egg taken from a female shot at Umfolosi Aug. 30th. 
Only known in South Africa from Natal and Zululand. 
[ <f Foyia 39 of the Zulus. 
Only in Zululand and Natal have I noted this Nightjar. 
In Zululand it was particularly plentiful, especially in the 
Umfolosi country, where it was found lying up in the long 
