]. CAPRlJirLGUS. 547 



15. Caprhmil^s monticola *. 



Capi'imulffu.s mouticolus, Frankl. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 116; id. Jourii- 

 As. Soc. Beny. 1832, p. 263 ; Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 83 ; Blyth, 

 Jouni. As. Soc. Bern/. 1845, p. 208; id. Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. 

 p. 84 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 60 (1850) ; Sorsf. ^- Moore, Cat. 

 £. Mus. E. I. Co. i. p. 114 (1854) ; Sicinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 263: id. 

 P. Z. S. 1871, p. 345 ; Jerd. B. Lid. p. 198 (18^.2) ; Beavan, Ihk, 



1865, p. 40(3 ; id. Ibis, 1869, p. 406 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 342 ; 

 Tyf!er, Ibis, 1868, p. 194 ; Grai/, Cat. Fissirostr. Brit. Mus. p. 8 ; 

 id. Hand-l. i. p. 57 (1869) ; Adam, Strai; Feath. i. p. 371 (1873; 

 Sambhur) ; H. Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, p. 406 (Kathiawar) ; Ball, 

 Stray Feafh. ii. p. 385 (1874); Hume, Stray Feath. ii. p. 4(i9 

 (1874; Teuasserira), iii. p. 46 (1875), v. p. 17(1877; Gichar), 

 xi. p. 40 (1888 ; Manipur) ; Bull. Stray Feath. iii. p. 455 (1875) ; 

 Fairb. Stray Feath. iv. p. 254 (1876) ; David ^- Oust. Ois. Chine, 

 p. 67 (1877) ; Hume ^- Davison, Stray Feath. 1878, p. 59 (Tenas- 

 serim); Bull, t. c. p. 203 (Goclaveri) ; Vidal, Straif Feath. ix. 

 p. 48 (1880; S. Konkan) ; Binyham, t. c. p. 151 (1880); Butl. 

 t.c. p. 381 (1830; Mahratta); Oates, Stray Feath. x. p. 185 

 (1882 ; Pegu) ; Macgreyor, t. c. p. 436 (1882) ; Oates, B. Burmah, 

 ii. p. 18 (1883) ; id. ed. Hume's Nests ^- Eyys Ind. B. iii. p. 51 

 (1890); Damson, Stray Feath. v. p. 453 (1877; Burmah), x. 

 p. 349 (1882 ; Mv.sore) ; Davidson, Stray Feath. x. p. 295 (1882; 

 Khandeish) ; C. H. T. Mar.^h. Ibis, 1884, p. 409 (Chamba T.dley). 



Caprimulgus stictomus, Swinh. (type examiued). Ibis, 1863, p. 250, 



1866, p. 315; id. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 263 (China), 1871, p. 345 

 (Formosa) ; David i!^- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 68 (1877). 



Adult male. Halhei' dark above, the markings not very large and 

 remarkable, generally rather subdued ; blackish spots along the 

 crown; a more or less distinct indication of a rutb us band across 

 the neck ; rufous-buff sjrots to the upper wing-coverts ; on the inner 

 ■webs of the scapulars more or less rufous-buff, sometimes hardly 

 visible, sometimes very obvious ; first primary with a streak of 

 rufous-white or buff on the outer web and a large patch of white 

 on the inner ; second, third, and fourth primaries with white patches 

 on both webs extending across the shaft, no white spots on the other 

 quills ; two outer reetrices all white, more or less broadly tipped 

 with brown, especially on the outer webs, the other reetrices with- 

 out any white upon them ; chin buff ; throat and upper breast like 

 the upper parts, spotted with rufous-buft' ; two large, sometimes con- 

 nected, white spots on the throat ; abdomen isabelline-buff, narrowly 

 barred with brown, becoming more and more uniform to the tail ; 

 lower tail-coverts quite uniform. Total length about 10 inches, 

 wing 7*5 to 7*8, tail 4'S, tarsus 0-S, almost totally unfeathered. 



Adult female. In general appearance like the male, but the 

 patches on the first four primaries rufous-buff instead of white, of 

 the same extent as in the male ; the tail without any white 

 whatever. 



Young. Very pale, the markings less distinct than in adult 



* The name is ill-chosen, since the species is by no means an inhabitant of 

 hilly country onlv, nor does it particularly affect mountainous tracta. 



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