1. CAPRIMULGUS. 555 



Subsp. a. Caprimulgus kelaarti *. 



(?) Indian Goatsucker, Lath. Gen. Si/n. Suppl. p. 196 (1787). 



(?) Caprimulgus iudicus, Lath. Lnd. Orn. ii. p. 588 (1790); Gray 

 Sf Hardw. Lll. Lnd. Zool. i. pi. .34 (1832) ; Blyth, Journ. A.^. Soc. 

 Beng. xiv. p. 208 (1845); Jerd. III. lnd. 'Orn. pi. 24 (1847); 

 Grat/, Cat. Fissirostr. Brit. Mus. p. 7 (1848) ; Blyth, Cat. B. 

 Mus. As. Soc. p. 82 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 60 (1850) ; Horsf. Sf 

 Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. p. 113 (1854); Jerd. B. lnd. 

 i. p. 192 (1802) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 57 (1869); Ball, Stray F. 

 ii. p. 385 (1874); id. Stray F. \n. p. 202 (1878; Godaveri) ; 

 Morqan, Ibis, 1875, p. 313 (nidif.) ; Hume, Stray F. iii. p. 318 

 (1875); Butl. Stray F. iii. p. 454 (1875), ix. p. 380 (1880; 

 Mahi-atta) ; Davidson Sj- Wenden, Stray F. V\. p. 77 (1878 ; 

 Deccan) ; Vidal, Stray F. ix. p. 48 (1880 ; S. Konkan) ; David- 

 son, Stray F. x. p. 294 (1882 ; Khandeish) ; Taylor, Stray F. x. 

 p. 456 (1882 ; Mysore) ; Macgregor, Stray F. x. p. 436 (1882 ; 

 Mahratta) ; Barnes, J. Bombay N. H. Soc. iv. pi. i. (1889) ; Gates, 

 ed. Hume's Nests S)- Fcjgs Lnd. B. iii. p. 40 (1890). 



Caprimulgus cinerascens, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 545 (1823). 



Caprimidgus kelaarti, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1851, p. 175 ; Kelaart, 

 Prodr. Cat. p. 117 (1852) ; Layard, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. 1853, 

 p. 167 ; Jerd. B. lnd. i. p. 193 (1862) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 67 

 (1869) ; Holdsuh P. Z. S. 1872, p. 421 ; Hume, Nests 8f Eggs lnd. 

 B. i. p. 97 (1873) ; id. Stray F. iv. p. 381 (1876) ; Morgan, Ibis, 

 1875, p. 314; Ball, Stray F. yu. p. 203 (Godaveri); Legqe,B. 

 Ceylon, i. p. 337 (1878) ; Butl. Stray F. ix. p. 380 (1880; 'Mah- 

 ratta) ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 376 (1882) ; Davison, Stray F. 

 X. p. 348 (Mysore) ; Taylor, t. e. p. 466 (1882) ; Gates, ed. Hume's 

 Nests ^- Egg's lnd. B. iii. p. 41 (1890). 



This subspecies differs from C. jotala in its smaller size and 

 paler, more greyish coloration : the black markings on the upper 

 surface are narrower, the buff and rufous markings paler ; the 

 dark tips to the rectrices are narrower and often indistinct, but 

 never totally absent. The most typical forms occur in Southern 

 India and Ceylon, but in Northern and N.W. India most of the 

 birds are somewhat intermediate. Ceylon specimens measure 

 about 10"5 inches in length, wing 6"9 to 7"6, tail 4-8 to 5'5. 



Hab. From Ceylon throughout British India, as far west as 

 Eajputana and the Punjab. While most of the specimens of the 

 larger form seem to migrate in winter, the small form is apparently 

 mostly resident. In Ceylon and South India it is nearly entirely 

 confined to the mountains. 



a. $ ad.sk. Sirza district, Punjab, Nov. Hume Coll. 



b, c, d. cJ ; e. 2 Mount Aboo, April, June. Hume CoU. 

 ad. sk. 



/. 5 inim. sk. Sambhur Lake, Aug. 9 {B. Hume Coll. 



M. Adam), 

 g. (S ad. ; h-l. $ Etawah. Hume Coll. 



ad. et imm. sk. 



* It is rather uncertain to which form the name of C. indicus refers, and 

 therefore I have not accepted it. See my remarks in the ' Ibis,' April 18'J2. 



