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also uttered during flight. The breeding-season is from March to 

 May, and two eggs are laid, varying in tint from pale salmon or 

 buff to lilac-grey, with pale purplish blotches and a few brown 

 spots. They measure 1'08-1"3 by •8o--95. 



1094. Caprimulgus andamanicus. The Andaman Nightjar. 



Capiimulgus andamanicus, Hume, S. F. i, p. 470; ii, pp. 162, 493; 



id. Cat. no. 110 bis ; Oates in Humes N. Sf E. 2nd od. iii, p. 46 ; 



Hartert, Cat. B. M. xvi, p. 543. 

 Caprimulgus macrurus, apud Waldcn, Ibis, 1874, p. 131 ; nee Horsf. 



Coloration very similar to that of C. macrurus, but the black 

 spots on the crown are broader, more numerous, and not confined 

 to the middle ; the mottling of the feathers throughout is coarser, 

 the buff edges of the scapulars narrower and less conspicuous. 

 The upper plumage in general much resembles that of C. indicus. 

 The white spots on the primaries are small and often rufous on 

 the edges, and the white tips to the outer tail-feathers are shorter 

 than in C. macrurus. In the female there are no larger rufous 

 patches on the primaries, only narrow rufous bands and spots. 



Length about 11 ; wing 7; tail 5-2; tarsus, feathered through- 

 out, "6. 



Distribution. The Andaman Islands. 



Habitit, ^'c. So far as known, those of the genus. One of 

 Mr.Davison's men obtained the eggs, two in number, on April 12th ; 

 they were very regular ovals, a delicate salmon-pink, " mottled, 

 streaked, and ornamented with zigzag and hieroglyphic lines of a 

 darker and somewhat purplish pink. They measure 1*07 and 1*13 

 in length and "85 in width." 



1095. Caprimulgus indicus. T7ie Jungle Nightjar. 



Caprimulgus indicus, Latham, Ind. Orn. ii, p. 588 (1790); Gray in 

 Hardiv. 111. Ind. Zool. i, p. .34; Blytli, J. A. 8. B. xiv, p. 208; 

 Jerdon, III. Ind. Orn. pi. 24 ; Bli/th, Cat. p. 82 ; Horsf. 8f M. Cat. 

 I, p. 113; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 192; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, 

 pt. 2, p. 19 ; Butler, S. F. iii, p. 454 ; v, pp. 218, 227 ; ix, p. 380 ; 

 Blyth, Birds Burm. p. 83 ; Morqan, Ibis, 1875, p. 313 ; Fairhank. 

 S. F. iv, p. 254 ; Davidson ^ Wend. S. F. vii, p. 77 ; Ball, ibid. 

 p. 202; Hume, Cat. no. 107; Vidal, S. F. ix, p. 48; Davidson, 

 S. F. X, p. 294; C. H. T. Marshall, Ibis, 1884, p. 409 ; Barnes, 

 Birds Bom. p. 89 ; id. Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. i, p. Gl ; iv, p. 7, pi. 

 fig. 107 ; Oates in Hume's N. S^- E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 40. 



Caprimulgus cinerascens, Vieill. TaU. Enc. Meth. p. 545 (1823) ; id. 

 Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. x, p. 283. 



Caprimulgus jotaka, Temm. 8( Schley. Faun. Jap., Aves, p. 37, pi. 12 

 (1847) ; Wald. in Blyth' s Birds Burm. p. 83 ; Oodiv.-Aust. 

 J. A. S. B. xliii, pt. 2, p. 163 ; xlv, pt. 2, p. 68 ; Hume 8r Dav. S. F. 

 vi, p. 56 ; Hume, Cat. no. 107 bis ; id. S. F. xi, p. 38 ; Scully, S. F. 

 viii, p. 236 ; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 21 ; Hartert, Cat. B. M. xvi, p. 552. 



Caprimulgus kelaarti, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xx, p. 175 (1851) ; Jerdon, 

 B. I. i, p. 193; Holdsioorth, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 421 ; Morqan, Ibis, 

 1875, p. 314 ; Hume <§• Bourdillon, S. F. iv, p. 381 ; Hume, S. F, 

 vii, p. 203 ; id. Cat. no. 108 ; Leyge, Birds Ceyl. p. 337 ; Butler, 



