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CAPRIMULGin.^. 



p, q. Tmni. sk. Bogos (Esler). Shelley Coll. 



Imm. sk. Lagos, W. Africa. Sharpe Coll. 



(Type of C. cinnamomeus, Sharpe.) 



21. Caprimulgus asiaticus. 



Bombay Goatsucker, Lath. Gen. Sijn. Suppl. i. p. 19o (1787). 



Caprimulgus asiaticus, Lath. Lid. Oni. ii. p. /)88 (1790) ; Steph. Gen. 

 Zool. X. p. 15G (1817) ; Si/kes, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 83 ; Grai/ ^ Hardw. 

 III. Ind. Orn. i. pi. 34 (1*832) ; Gray, Cat. Fissirostr. Brit. Mus. 

 p. 8 (1848) ; Bh/th, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 83 (1849); id. 

 Ibis, 1866, p. 342 ; Bp. Coyisp. i. p. 60 (1850) ; Horsf. S)- Moore, 

 Cat. B. Mus. E.L Co. p. 115 (1854); Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 197 

 (1862); Beavan, Ibis, 1865, p. 406 (Centr. Ind.); id. Ibis, 1869, 

 p. 406; Koeniq-Warth. J. f. O. 1868, p. 378 (nidific); Graij, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 57 (1869) ; Koldsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 421 (Ceylon) ; 

 H. Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, p. 406; Adam, Stray F. i. p. 371 (1873; 

 Sambhur) ; Hume, Stray F. i. p. 419 (1873) ; id. ibid. p. 432; id. 

 op. cit. in. p. 46 (1875), viii. p. 48 (1879) ; Leyye, Ibis, 1874, p. 12, 

 1875, p. 381 ; id. B. Ceiilon, p. 343 (1878) ; Bu.tl. Stray F. iii. 

 p. 455 (1875), ix. p. 380 (1880; Mahratta) ; Wald. Ibis, 1876, 

 p. 355; Fairbank, Stray F. iv. p. 254 (1876), v. p. 393 (1877; 

 Palani Hills) ; Hume ^- Davison, Stray F. vi. p. 59 (1878) ; 

 Davids. ^ Wenden, Stray F. V\i. p. 77 (1878; Decean) ; Brooks, 

 Stray F. vii. p. 169 (1878) ; Ball, Stray F. vii. p. 203 (Godaveri) ; 

 Jldal, Straii F. ix. p. 48 (1880; S."Konkan); Reid, Stray F. 

 X. p. 20 (1880; Lucknow) ; Bimjham, Str. F. ix. p. 150 (1880; 

 Tenasserim) ; Sahin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 377 (1882) ; Oates, Stray 

 F. X. p. 185 (1882; Pegu) ; id. B. Burmah, ii. p. 17 (1883) ; id. 

 ed. Hume's Nests c^ Eyys Ind. B. p. 48 (1890) ; Davidson, Stray F. 

 X. p. 294 (1882; Khandeish) ; Davison, Stray F. x. p. 349 (1882: 

 Mysore) ; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1885, p. 60 ; H. Parker, Ibis, 1886^ 

 p. 184 ; Giffl. Avif. Ital. i. p. 331 (1889) ; Barties, J. Bombay N. 

 H. Soc. iv. pi. i. (1889 ; eggs). 



Allied to C. nubicus, but the chin buff, not white ; the white 

 spots on the primaries smaller, the scapulars much brighter 

 coloured ; head generally boldly streaked with brownish black, a 

 distinct rustj^-buff band across the hind neck ; sca]nilars with 

 large black triangular spots, bordered with bright buff; first four 

 primaries with white spots, that of the first roundish and not 

 extending to the shaft nor continued on the outer web ; two outer 

 rectrices on each side with a large terminal white patch, the next 

 two pairs chiefly deep blackish brown, the central pair like the 

 upper plumage ; tarsi uufeathered except on the uppermost part. 

 Total length about 9-5 inches, wing 5-8 to 6, tail 4-5, tarsus 0-78, 

 culmen 0-35. 



The female does not differ from the male. 



Younr/. Young individuals are more sandy and nearly silvery 

 grey ; the buff band on the neck is hardly indicated ; the scapulars 

 and wings are more uniform ; the abdomen not so distinctly barred ; 

 all colours less brilliant, but the white marks on the wings and 

 tail like those of adult specimens. 



This species, like most of its congeners, varies greatly in colora- 

 tion. Generally .specimens from the sandy districts of North- 



