13. LTNCOENIS. 605 



a'. (S ad. sk. Thatone, Jan. 20 ( W. Davi- ilume Coll. 



son), 

 b', e'. c? ; d'-h'. Pabyin, Merg'ui, Dec, Jau. Hume Coll. 



5 ad. sic. ( W. Davison). 



i-o'. ,5; p', q. Baukasoou, Feb. {W. Davi- Hume Coll. 



2 ad. sk. son). 



)•'. c? ad, sk. Thoungyeen R., Jan. 1 (C T. Hume Coll. 



Bin (/ham), 

 s'-io'. Ad. sk. Poongah and Kossoom, Sept., Hume Coll. 



Oct. {J. Darling). 

 .%■'. 5 iid. sk. S. Travancore, Jan. 15 [Bour- Hume Coll. 



dillon). (Typ*^ of i. bourdilloni, Hume). 



y', z. cJ ad. sk. Koueg:ur, Travancore, Aug., F. T. Bourdillon, Esq. 



Nov. [C.]. 



2. Lyncomis macrotis. 



Caprimulg'us macrotis, Viff. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 97 (Manila). 

 Lyncomis macrotis, Gould, Icon. Av. pt. 2 (1838) ; Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 62 (1850) ; Grai/, Hand-l. i. p. 62 (1869) ; Tweedd. Trans. Zool. 



Soc. ix. p. 159 (1877) ; Wardl. Ra77isay, Ibis, 1886, p. 157 (Manila). 



Adult. Similar to L. cerviniceps, but with the tail and wings 

 shorter ; top of the head of a totally difPereut pale chocolate-colour, 

 so that the rusty collar ou the hind neck becomes very perceptible 

 by contrast ; general aspect darker, the white band across the 

 throat more or less distinctly interrupted in the middle. Total 

 length about 14'5 inches, wing 10-0 to 11-1, tail 6-8 to T'-l. 



Hah. Luzon, Philij)pines. 



a. Ad. sk. Manila. Zoological Society. 



(Type of the species.) 

 b-f. Ad. sk. Manila. 



g. Ad. sk. Philippines. Cuming Coll. 



h. Ad. st. [Phihppines.] Purchased. 



3. Lyncornis mindanensis. (Plate XIII.) 

 Lyncomis mindanensis, Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 944. 



Adult. Similar to L. macrotis, but smaller and the top of the 

 head still darker ; general aspect blacker. Total length about 13 

 inches, wing 10'3, tail 6*6, tarsus 0'65, 



Hab. S. Mindanao. 



a, b, c. (S ad. sk. Zamboauga, Mindanao, April, Tweeddule Coll. 



May (.4. H. Everett). (Types of the species.) 



4. Lyncornis macropterus, 



Lyncomis macropterus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 62 (1850) ; Wallace, Ibis, 

 1860, p. 141; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 62 (1869); Walden, Tr. Z. S. 

 viii. pp. 47, 112 (1872). 



Adult. In size about equal to L. mindanensis, but easily distin- 

 guished from all the foregoing species by the fine vermiculations of 

 the feathers of the abdomen, which has quite a different aspect. 

 Each feather of the abdomen in L. cerviniceps and the Philippine 

 species has only two buff bars, whereas the feathers of the abdomen 



