344 :mani'al of rniLipriNE dirds. 



Genus CAPKIMULGUS Liniitvus, 1758. 



Wings long and pointed, first primary shorter than second; rictal 

 bristles conspicuous, no ear-tufts on sides of head : males generally dis- 

 tinguished by having large white spots on wings and tail. 



Species. 



MALES. 



fi'. White spot on first i)rimary smaller and not reaching the shaft. 



b^. White spot on outer rectrix siibterniinal jotaka (p. ;;49) 



Ir. White spot on outer rectrix terminal. 



c^ Spot on outer rectrix on inner web only ; spot on second primary not reach- 

 ing the shaft manillensis (p. 346) 



c". Spot on outer rectrix involving both webs; spot on second j)rimarv reaching 



shaft on both webs macrurus (p. 348) 



/*-. White spot on first primary larger and reaching the j griseatus (p. 344) 



shaft ,. ( mindanensis (p. 346) 



FEMALES. 



'. A large terminal white spot on tail. 

 fiK Larger, length about 290 mm. ; a larger terminal white spot across both webs 

 of outer rectrix ; spot on first primary white and larger, on second primary 



extending to the shaft macrurus (p. 348) 



//-. Smaller, length about 250 mm. ; a smaller terminal white spot across inner 

 web of outer rectrix; spot on first primary buff and smaller; on second 



primary not extending to the shaft manillensis (p. 346) 



-. No terminal white spot on tail which is barred and mottled. 

 b^. Smaller; wing less than 180 mm.; spots on primaries J griseatus (p. 344) 



much larger, whitish and unspeckled ( mindanensis (p. 346) 



//-. Larger; wing more than 190 mm.; spots on primaries much smaller, buffy 

 and speckled with brown jotaka (p. 349) 



■.m;. CAPRI MULGUS GRISEATUS Walden. 



PHILIPPINE NIGHTJAR. 



Caprimulyus griseatus Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. (1875), 9, pt. 2, 100; 

 TwEEDDALE, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877), 691; Hartert, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. (1892), 16, 550; pi. 11; Grant and Whitehead. Ibis (1898), 

 245 pi. 6, fig. 7 (egg); Clarke, Ibis (1900), 353; Sharpe, Hand-List 

 (1900), 2, 86; OJfTES and Reid, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1903), 3, ()7 ; Mc- 

 Gregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 57; Worcester, Phil. Jour. 

 Sei. (1907), 2, sec. A, 271, pis. 1 & 2. 



Catanduanes (Whitehead); Cebu {Mcdregor) ; Luzon {Everett, Whitehead, 

 McGregor); Mindanao (dooilfeUoir) ; Mindoro {McGregor, Porter); Negros 

 (Keay) ; Sibuyan {Bourns d- Worcester, McGregor) . 



Adult male. — Upper parts finely venniculated with blackish brown, 

 pale huff, and gray, more heavily marked with blackish brown on top 

 of head and on scapulars, some of the latter with wide edges of fulvous 

 or buff on outer wel); an obsolete collar of buflp on hind neck; lower 

 parts finely marked with blackish brown, buff, and whitish buff; a large 



