CArniMULou.^ 



Caprimulgus affinis, Ilorsf. 



Caprimulgus affinis, Hartert, Cat. Birch B. M. xvi. p. •''.49 (1892) : 'Sthrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 155 (1899) ; Sharpe, Iland-l. ii. p. 80 (1900). 



An egg of the Allied Xighfjar in the Collection is of a pale 

 creamy-huff colour, blotched and mottled with faiut brown and 

 lavender. It measures 1'17 by "89. 



1. Borneo {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Caprimulgus griseatus, G. E. Gray. 



CaprinHilgu.s griseatus, Kutter, J.f. 0. 1882, p. 175; Hartert, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xvi. p. 550 (1892) ; Grant ^- Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 245, 

 pi. \i. fig. 7 ; ShM-jie, Hand-l. ii. p. 86 (1900). 



The eggs of the Philippine Xightjar taken by ^Ir. Whitehead 

 are creamy white, marked with small blotches and smears of pale 

 brown and grey. They are almost devoid of all gloss, and measure 

 respectively : 1'2 by "So ; 1-2G by '83. 



2. Cape Engano, N.E. Luzon, 2Cth J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 

 May. 



Caprimulgus monticola, Franl-L 



Caprimulgus monticohxs, Beavan, F. Z. S. 1864, p. .S75 ; Barnes^, Joiiru. 



Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. iv. p. 8,.pl. — . fig. 1 14 ( 1889) ; Oates ed. Hume, 



Nests Sf Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 51 (1890). 

 Caprimulizus monticola, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 547 (1892) 



Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 185 (189.)) ; Battray, Journ. 



Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xii. p. 343 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l ii. p. 86 



(1900). 



The eggs of Franklin's Nightjar are of ranch the same t3'pe as 

 those of C. asiaticus. An egg taken by ilr. Davison and another 

 by Mr. Blewitt are salmon-pink, blotched and smeared with reddish 

 brown and underlying lavender-grey. Two other s{)ecimens are of 

 a pinkish cream-colour, with large underlying smudges of lavender-' 

 grev and some small spots and blotches of pale reddish brown. The 



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