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forming a broad band across their centres ; outermost tail- 

 feather l;arred with black and fulvous on the upper two- 

 thirds of its outer web and mottled with grey and dusky on 

 its lower third, inner web mottled with grey and dusky, 

 becoming fulvous on the margin, and buff and less mottled 

 near the tip ; next rectrix similar, but darker; chin, throat, 

 and breast a fine mixture of fulvous and black, Avith white 

 spots on the throat and buff and fulvous spots on the breast ; 

 abdomen and thighs pale fulvous, somewhat finely barred 

 with dusky black ; under tail-coverts similar, but witii the 

 bars fewer or absent. Wing 6-6 inches, tail 41, tarsus 08. 



It is not an easy specimen to describe, but, speaking 

 generally, the upper parts are grey (dusky on the back and 

 head, ashy and more variegated on the coverts, tertials, and 

 tail), while the brightly coloured bars of black and fulvous 

 on the greater wing-coverts, secondaries, and primaries form 

 a striking feature in its plumage — a feature, however, to 

 which no prominence is given in the descriptions of the male 

 accessible to me. It chiefly differs from the male in the 

 entire absence of white on the two outer pairs of tail-feathers, 

 and in having the broad band across the centre of the 

 outer primaries white and buff in almost equal proportions, 

 as against pure white in the male. 



I was much puzzled with this undescribed specimen, and 

 being unable to arrive at a satisfactory decision as to its 

 determination, I sought the aid of Mr. Hartert, a recognized 

 authority on the Caprimulgidse, who kindly examined the 

 bird and solved the question as to its identity. 



Although Gray's Philippine Nightjar is an uncommon 

 bird, yet it is somewhat strange that males only should have 

 been obtained during the forty years that have elapsed since 

 the species was described. The late Mr. Whitehead found 

 its eggs in Luzon, and tells us (Ibis, 1898, p. 246) that both 

 birds were present at the time, and were identified beyond 

 a doubt. This Nightjar is new to the avifauna of Negros, 

 having hitherto been recorded only for the islands of Luzon 

 and Catanduancs. 



