EGYPTIAN os ISABELLINE NIGHTJAR
CAPRIMULGUS ÆGYPTIUS, Licht.
Caprimulgus ægyptius, Lichtenstein, Verz. Doubl. p. 59;
Dresser, iv. p. 629; Whitaker, Zool. 1883, p. 374;
Saunders, Man. Br. B. p. 260.
One occurrence. The gamekeeper of Mr. J. Whitaker,
of Rainsworth Lodge near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire,
shot a Nightjar on 23rd June, 1883, his attention
having been attracted to it by its light colour. This
specimen, on examination, proved to be a Caprimulgus
ægyptius.
The bird has also occurred on Heligoland, but its
home is Turkestan, Baluchistan, Egypt, and Nubia,
whence it probably migrates further south in the winter
season. [O. S.j
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