524 CAPRIMULGID^. 



/". Spot on first primary 

 not approaching the 

 shaft, 

 e'". Tail narrowly and [p. 535. 



regularly barred . . madayascariensis c? , 

 /'". Tail heavier and ir- 

 regularly barred . . vmnik-nsis, p. 5-44. 

 /(■''. Scapulars not obviously different 

 in colour from the back and 

 rump. 

 c*. Of a beautiful golden-buff 

 colour; feathers adorned with 

 bars or spots of snowy white, 

 which are speckled with 



black e.vmiiis, p. 5(3.3. 



d'^. Of a pale sandy desert-like [p. 561. 



colour ; much smaller mahrattensis J , 



e". Of dark blackish colour ; much 



larger lenU'yinosm, p. 580. 



c/. A larger rufous-buff or whitish-buff spot in 

 or near the middle of the first primary ; no 

 pure white in the tail. 

 /"'. Well defined round spots of clear buff on 



the breast natalmsis 5 , p. 564. 



//'. Spots on the breast indistinct or irregu- 

 larly shaped. 

 (/" . Outer pair of rectrices with outer web [pp. 551, 552. 



uniform buff fussii J and clarus 2 , 



h" . Outer pair of rectrices barred or spotted. 

 (J". Tarsus feathered in front almost to 

 the toes. 

 h^. Abdomen distinctly barred. 



i^. Wing more than 6'5 inches in 



length macrurus $ , albonotatus 5 , 



[iitripennis 5 , and andamaniais 2 , pp. 537-543. 

 k^. Wing less than 6'5 inches in [p. 585. 



length inadagascariensis 2 , 



i^. Abdomen spotted, not distinctly [pp. 552, 555. 



barred jotaka $ and allies, 



h'" . Tarsus bare for about its lower half 

 or more. 

 ^'. With large bold and obvious longi- 

 tudinal spots along the top of the 

 head. 

 l^. Outer web of first primary with 

 ten or more distinct rufous spots 



on the outer edge plialanu 2 , p. 545. 



m'. No distinct rufous spots on outer 



web of first primary viifiyena 2 , p. 532. 



/'. No obvious longitudinal spots along 

 the top of the head. 

 n^. Coloration pale sandy buff, or a [p. 561. 



real desert colom* mahndtensis 2 , 



o'\ Darker colours prevalent, 

 y*. Wing 7 inches or more monticola 2 , p. 547. 



