606 CAPEIMTTLGID^. 



in L. macropterus have several smaller buff cross-markings. Total 

 length about 13 inches, wing 9-9 to 10-8, tail 6-3 to 6-8, tarsus 0-65, 

 Hah. Celebes. 



a. Ad. sk. Celebes. Tweeddale CoU. 



b. Ad. \ c. S \ d. Menado, N. Celebes. Wallace Coll. 

 5 ad. sk. 



5. Lyncornis temmincki. 



Lyncornis temminckii, Gould, Icon. Av. pt. 2 (1838) ; Bp. Consp. i. 

 p. 62 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. Q2 (1869) ; Wald. Ibis, 1872, 

 p. 369 ; Salvad. Ucc. Borneo, p. 11.5 (1874) ; Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, 

 p. 298 ; Hume, Stray F. viii. p. 48 (1879 ; Malay Peninsula) ; 



Nicholson, Ibi^i, 1882, p. 58 (S.E. Sumatra) ; Graboiusky, Ornis, 

 1885, p. 157 (S.E. Borneo) ; Everett, Juurn. Straits Branch Asiat. 

 Soc. 1889. 



Adidt. In colour much resembling the species of Lyncornis 

 from the Philippines, but easily distinguished by its small size, the 

 total length being only about 10-5 inches, the wing 7"6 to 8-3, the 

 tail about 5*5, the tarsus O'o. 



Hah. The Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands, Sumatra and 

 Borneo. 



Bataug Padang, Perak. L. Wrav, Esq. [P.]. 



Ding-ding R., Feb. 28 ( W. Hume CoU. 



Dctvison). 



Peuang, April (Br. Cantor). India Museum [P.]. 



Selaugore, Jan., April, Sept., Hume Coll. 



Nov. (^ W. Davison). 



Klang, Feb. to June ( W. Hume Coll. 



Davison). 

 Malacca. 



Malacca, Aug. (B. G. W. B.\ Tweeddale Coll. 



Malacca, Jan., Jul}', Oct. Hume Coll. 



Kuroo, Malay Peninsula, Nov. Hume Coll. 



Nealys, Malay Peninsida, Oct. Hume Coll. 



Johore, Jan. -March & Aug. Hume Coll. 



Lampong, S.E. Sumatra {E. C. Tweeddale Coll. 



Biuton). 

 Marope, Borneo, Jul\' {A. H. Tweeddale CoU. 



Everett). 

 Java. Purchased. 



6. Lyncornis papuensis *. 



Caprimulgus papuensis, Schley. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 340 

 (1866; New Guinea, Sahvatti) ; Gray j Hand-l. i. p. 58 (1869). 



Lyncornis papuensis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 767 (1875) ; 

 'id. X. p. 311 (1877) ; id. Orn. Papuas. i. p. 534 (1880). 



Adult. Above deep brown, spotted and vermiculated with rufous, 

 top of the head and back slightly shaded with greyish, scapulars 



* Eurostopodus astroIahcB, Eamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, vii. p. 20 

 (1883), seems to be identical witii Lyncornis papuensis, to judge from the 

 description. Cf. Salvad. Ibis, 1884, p. 354. 



