406 Capt. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 



species, C. asiaticus and C. monticolus, all of which I procured 

 not at Barrackpore, as there stated, but in the Maunbhoom 

 district. 



110. Caprimulgus macrurus. Malay Night-jar. 



A Night-jar killed by me at Moulmein on 23rd October, 

 1865, agrees tolei-ably well with Dr. Jerdon^s description of this 

 species, but has no white bars on the wings, and is perhaps 

 therefore a female. The primaries are mottled at their tips. 

 Length 11*75, wing 7'75, tail 6-5, tarsus •625, extent 20, bill 

 from front '375 in. Dr. Jerdon says of this species (apparently 

 as a distinction from C. albonotatus) that the whiskers are white 

 at their base ; but, as I have above mentioned, this feature is not 

 a distinctive character. 



112. Caprimulgus asiaticus*. Common Indian Night-jar. 



On October 27th, 1865, a specimen of this species flew on 

 board the steamer in which I then was, within sight of land, 

 between Moulmein and Rangoon, in the middle of the day, 

 together with a Turtur camhayensis ; both birds left the vessel 

 again after resting for a short time on the shrouds. It is com- 

 monly called the "Ice -bird" in India. 



114. Caprimulgus MONTICOLUS. Franklin^s Night-jar. 



A specimen procured by me on March 9th, 1865, measured : 

 — ^length 10*25 ; wing 8, tail barely 5, tarsus -875, extent 

 23-25 in. 



115. Harpactes fasciatus. Malabar Trogon. 



This is noted by Col. Tickell as Trogon duvaucelii in his paper 

 on the birds of Borabhum and Dhulbhum (J. A. S. B. ii. p. 580). 

 He there says of it : — " The solitary specimen seen was killed 

 near Dam para Dholbhum. It frequents the thickest jungle at 

 the bottom of ravines and dried rocky nalas, flying from tree to 

 tree, with a wild querulous note like the mewing of a cat. It 

 pursues and catches insects on the wing, like the Muscicapa : 

 the stomach of the present specimen was crammed with them." 



* In Dr. Jerdon's description of this species (B. Ind. i. p. 197), after the 

 words " the outermost feathers," in line 11 from the top, ought to be in- 

 serted the words '< of the tail." 



