CArRl.MULGID.'E. 



Caprimulgiis indicus, Lath. 



Caprimulgus kelaarti, Lec/i/e, Birds Ceylon, p. 337 (1878) ; Oates ed. Hume, 



Nests cy Eqc/s Ind. 'Birds, iii. p. 41 (1890) ; Hartert, Cat. Birds 



^. ^/. xvi.p. 555 (1892). 

 Caprimulgus indicus, Barnes, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. iv. p. 7, 



pi. — . fig. 107 (1889) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests c^- iV/r/.s liid. Birds, iii. 



p. 40(1890); Bkmf. Fauna Brit, hid., Birds, iii. p. 190 (1895j ; 



Hharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 88 (1900). 



The eggs of the Jungle Nightjar resemble very closely those of 

 C. amhiguus, but are rather more brightly coloured. They measure 

 from I'll to 1'2.5 in length, and from '8 to "87 in breadth. 



2. Central Provinces, 12th April {F. R. Hume Coll. 



Blewitt). 

 1. Raipur, C. Provs., 13th July Hume Coll. 



(F. R. B.). 



1. Mysore, 8th April (C. J. W. Hume Coll. 



Taylor). 



2. Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, 1st April Hume Coll. 



{Miss Cockburn). 



1. Kotagherry, 18th April (3/«6- CocA;- Hume Coll. 



burn). 



2. Kotagherry, 10th May {Miss Cock- Hume Coll. 



burn). 



2. Kotagherry, 1 1th jNlay {Miss Cock- Hume Coll. 



burn). 



1. Coonoor, Nilghiri Hills, April. Hume Coll. 



1. Nilghiri Hills, 24th May. Hume Coll. 



1. Ceylon, 4th May {A. L. Butler). Crowlev Bequest. 



2. Ceylon, 9th May {A. L. B.). Crowley Bequest. 



Caprimulgus jotaka, Temm. 4' Schleg. 



(Plate I. fig. 14.) 



Caprimulgus jotaka, Gndio.-Aust. Journ. Asiat. Soc. Benrj. xliii. pt. ii. 

 p. 153 (1874); Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^ FA/gs hid. Birds, iii. p. 45 

 (1890) ; Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 552 (1892) ; Tacz Faune 

 Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 162 (1893); La Touche, Ibis, 1900, p. 41 ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 88 (1900). 



The eggs of the Japanese Nightjar resemble those eggs of 

 C. europc^us which have the ground-colour white or ashy white. 

 Six examples measure respectively : 1"16 by -9 ; 1-2 by "88 ; 1'23 

 by -87 ; 1-22 by -87 ; 1-2 by -91 ;"l-27 by -91. 



1. Eastern Siberia (Dybowski: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



2. Hondo, Japan, 28th June. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Shillong, Assam, 29th May. Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen 



[C.1. 

 1. Kuatun, Fohkien, China, C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



21st May. 



