8 BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



113.— SYKE3' NIGHT JAR. 



Gaprinntlrjus mahratterisis, Sykes. 

 Sykes' Night Jar is very common in Sinrl, where it is a permanent 

 resident, but becomes much less common towards the South. It 

 breeds from February to August, laying its two eggs in a depression 

 on the ground, occasionally in the open, at other times under a 

 tussock of grass or clod of earth. They are of a light pale stone or 

 clayey colour, with large blotches and clouds of neutral tint. They 

 measure IT 5 inches in length by about - 8 in breadth. 



Hyderabad (Sind), ]8th April to 5th May. II. E Barnes. 



Eastern Narra (Sind), Fed;/, to August. S, Doig, Esq.. 



Ill,- FRANKLIN'S NIGHT* JAR. 



Caprimidyus monticolus, Frank. 



Excluding Sind, Frankliu's Night Jar is more or less commonly 

 distributed throughout tho district, breeding in the manner usual 

 with the genus, from April to July. Tlie eggs are of a deep salmon 

 colour, exactly similar to that of the Jungle Night Jar, but the eggs 

 are much larger; they are spotted and blotched with pale purplish 

 and clayey-brown. They average 1*2 inches in length by nearly 0"So 

 in breadth. 



Mount Aboo, June. II. E. Barnes. 



Neemuch, June and July. „ 



Nassick, April to June, J. Davidson, C. S. 



117.— THE COMMON INDIAN BEE-EATER. 



Jlf crops viridis Lin. 



The Common Indian Bee-eater is most abundant throughout the 

 entire district. 



They breed in April in holes in sandy banks of nullahs, in the 

 sides of cuttings, and occasionally in almost level ground. 



They cut a fresh hole each season, using their bills to loosen the 

 earth, and scraping it away with their claws. The holes vary in depth 

 from two to four feet or more, according to the nature of the soil, 

 and are barely two inches in diameter. They are cleanly cut and are 

 quite circular, with two little channels made by the feet of the bird 

 in entering and leaving the passage, 



