R E D -N E C K E D N IG H T JA R ,
BED-NECKED NIGHTJAB.
CAPRIMULGUS RUFICOLLIS, Temm.
Caprimulgus rufieollis, Temm. Man. d’Orn. p. 438 (1820) |
Yarr. ed. 4, ii. p. 386 (note); Dresser, iv. p. 633.
Engoulevent a collier roux, French; Zumaya, Papavientos,
Enganapastores, Chotacabras, Spanish.
One specimen only of this very beautiful bird has
been recorded as having occurred in England; the
individual in question was found in the flesh by the
late John Hancock, of Newcastle, in a shop in that
town, and was stated to have been killed on the previous
day, October 5th, 1856, at Killingworth; it is now
in the Newcastle Museum.
This bird is common, but exceedingly local, in Spain.
We found it in abundance in the swampy willow-groves
in the neighbourhood of Aranjuez on its first arrival
early in May, and it is very common in most parts
of Andalucia during the summer months, especially
frequenting the sandy pine-woods, though by no means
infrequently met with also in the scrub-grown wastes.
