ns 



rAPi;r.MrL(;ni.-r.. 



specimens are glossj-, and measure respectively: 1'18 b}" '89; 1-22 

 by -88; 115 by -8 ; 1-2 by -87. 



1 Khandesh, W. India, 19tli July. Crowley Beijuest. 



1. Raipur, C. Piovs., India, loth Hume Coll. 



•luly (F. R. BlewiU). 



1. Maunbhoom, Bengal, April (R. C. Salvin-CTodiuan Coll. 



Beavan). 



1. Yeaboo, Tenasserim, 10th March Hume Coll. 



{ ir. Davison). 



Caprimulgus manillensis. WaJd. 



(Plate I. fig. 9.) 



Caprimulgus manillensis, Hnrterf, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. -544 (1892 ) ; 

 Grant S^ Whitehead, Ibii, 1893, p. 246; Sharpe, Haiid-l. ii. p. 86 

 (1900). 



Two eggs of the Manila Xightjar in the Collection are cream- 

 coloured, marked with underlying blotches of lavender-grey ; one 

 specimen is also boldly marked with pale brown, whereas the second 

 has the surface-markings almost obsolete. These examples do not 

 differ much from the eggs of C. qriseatus. They measure respectively: 

 1-13 by -8; l-]2by -8. 



2. Cape Engano, N.E. liuzon, 22nd J. Whitehead, E.sq. [C.]. 



May. 



Caprimulgus macrurus, Horsf. 



(Plate I. fig. 8.) 



Caprimulgus macrurus, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. :']'}2 ; Xorfh, Nests S' 

 Egr/s' Aihstr. Birds, p. 29 (1889) : Everett, List Birds Born. p. I'tii 

 (1839) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1890, p. 22 ; Hartert. Cat. Birds B. 31. xvi. 

 p. 537 (1892); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 1.5.5 (1899); Shm-pe, 

 Hand-l. ii. p. 87 (1900) ; Campbell, Nests 4' F(^ff^ Austr. Birds, ii. 

 p. 5.34 (1901). 



The eggs of Horsfield's Nightjar are of a pale creamy-buff colour, 

 thickly blotched and clouded with lavender-grey, over which are 

 scattered a few surface-spots and blotches of pale brown. They are 

 glossy, and measure from I'l to 1'3 in length, and from -8 to "91 

 in breadth. 



3. Borneo (Tristrajn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 8. Labuan, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.l. 



2. Labuan, April. A. H. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Mt. Kina Balu, Borneo, 3oth March Crowley Bequest. 



(/. Whitehead). 



2. Tiga Island, Borneo, April. A. H. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Mt. Victoria, New Guinea. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Australia. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Eockhampton Bay, Queensland, Crowlev Bequest. 



Sept. { North Coll.). 



