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by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa, 
grass in the dry vleis and on the hillsides. It appears just 
after sundown, and has a low skimming flight; it was very 
fond of sitting on the open railway-track or sometimes on 
the posts of the fencing. It has a cry of several clear liquid 
notes, distinct from those of other Nightjars which I have 
met with. It is apparently a somewhat early breeder, for I 
took a developed egg from the oviduct of a female shot in 
August, and I shot a fully-fledged young bird in December. 
The irides are dark brown.] 
400. CoRACIAS GARRULUS. 
F. Beira, Dec. 2, 12, 16, 17 (6). 
[It was only in the Beira district of Portuguese East 
Africa, in the summer of 1906-7, that I came across this 
bird, and I find the following references to it in my diary :— 
2 Dec., 1906.—Large flock of European Boilers passed 
over here (6J mile camp) this afternoon, coming from the 
N. and going S., travelling very high. After wasting several 
cartridges I succeeded in securing three specimens.” 
“ 16 Dec., 1906.—Several small lots of C. garrulus passed 
over going south to-day.” And again, under date the 5th 
Feb., 1907, I find 
s< The European Boiler which was so common here a few 
weeks back has gone from round my camp (6-J mile), and 
I only saw two or three as I was walking up from Beira/’] 
401. CoRACIAS CAUDATUS. 
Tv. Klein Letaba, July, Aug., Sept. (7); P. Coguno, 
Aug., Sept. (4) ; Beira, Nov., Dec. (2); Tete, Sept. (4). 
A young male, marked “Beira, Dec. 16,” has the crown 
more faintly tinged with green than the adult and the 
breast is cinnamon instead of lilac, while the elongated tail- 
feathers are, of course, absent. 
[The Lilac-breasted Boiler has been observed in Zululand 
north of the Hluhluwe Stream, in the Eastern and Northern 
Transvaal, and in the Inlrambane, Beira, Gorongoza, and 
Tete districts of Portuguese East Africa. This species is 
more or less confined to the lower “ bush-veld,” and I 
have only seen an occasional individual in the high country. 
