536 



CAPKIMULGID^. 



individuals) ; first primary with a wliite spot on the inner web, not 

 extending to the shaft, the followiuf;' three quills witti white spots 

 on both webs ; two outer rcctrices on both sides largely tipped with 

 w^hite, outer web generally spotted with brownish grey ; spots on 

 the throat not ])uro white. Total length about 9 inches, wing 6*2 

 to G-4, tail 4'4, tarsus O'G, feathered in front. 



A'lult female. Differs from the male in having rufous-buff spots 

 to the primaries and huffish ones to the reel rices. 



YoKiif/. Young birds are in both sexes similar to the old female, 

 lower tail-coverts barred. 



This species is allied to C. ri>Ji(jena and C. pectoralis from South 

 Africa. From the former it may be distinguished at a glance by 

 the much smaller white spots on the primaries, and from the latter 

 bv the absence of the golden-buff collar on the hind neck. From 

 both species it differs in the tarsus being feathered in front, whereas 

 in the two species from South Africa it is feathered only on the 

 uppermost part. 



Hub. All over Madagascar. 



a, h, c. (S 2 ^d- ; 



cJ imm. sk. 

 d. 2 sk. 



e,f. d2 ad. sk. 



</. J ad. ; h. cJ 



iium. sk. 

 i, k. S ad. sk. 

 /. (5 ad. ; m. c? 



inim. sk. 

 n Skeleton. 



Mohambo, ]\[adagascar. 



Madagascar. 



Ankafaiia Forest, March. 



Madagascar. 



Purchased. 



Rev. W. Deans 



Cowan [C.]. 

 Eev. W. Deans 



Cowan [C.l. 

 Shelley CoU.^ 



Madagascar {Dea?is Cuwan). Tweeddale Coll. 

 Madagascar. Sharpe Coll. 



Madagascar. 



Purchased. 



8. Caprimulgus lentiginosus. 



Caprimulgus lentiginosus, Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. p. 41, pi. 101 

 (1845); Bp. Consp. i. p. 60 (1850); Utrichl. ii>- Scl. Cotiti: Ont. 

 (1852), p. 143 (Damara-lar.d); Haiti. Ibis, 18fi2, p. 143 (Cape); 

 Lmjard, B. S. Afr. p. 47 (1807) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 50 (1869) ; 

 Sharpe, ed. Layurd's B. S. Afr. p. 87 (1875) ; Gnrney in Anderss, 

 B.l)umara-Ld. p. 45 (1872); Ay res, Ibis, 1879, p. 288 (Trans- 

 vaal) ; Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 378 (1882). 



Caprimulgus tristigma, Biipp. Nene WirbeJth., T'ciy. p. 105 (1835 ; 

 Abyssinia); id. Syst. Uvbers. p. 14, pi. 3 (1845); Bj). Consp. i. 

 p. 59 (1850); Cass. Cat. Caprim. Ac. Phil. p. 3 (18^)1); Brehvi, 

 Habesch, no. 21 (1863); Grm/, Hand-l. i. p. 56 (18t9); Ileiu/l. 

 Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 126 (1809) ; Blanf. Gcul. i^ Zoul. Abyss. 

 p. 337 (1870) ; Hartert, Kat. Voyels. Mus. Smckenb. p. 120 (1891). 



iScotoruis trimaculatus. Swains. B. IF. Afr. ii. p. 70 (1837j ; Hartl. 

 Orn. W.-Afr. p. 23 (1857). 



Adult. Very dark above, blackish with very minute vermicula- 

 tions and spots of a pale brownish colour and some larger ones of 

 more orange-buff colour on the scajmlars and hind neck, these often 

 being rather concealed ; quills ver}' deep brown with deej) ferru- 

 ginous spots and bands, visible on the basal part only on the longest, 



