192 CAPKIMULGID7E. 



Genus LYNCOENIS, Gould. 1835. 



This genus is distinguished from Caprimulgus by the want of 

 rictal bristles and the presence of ear-tufts or aigrettes, consisting 

 of a few elongate feathers just above and behind the ear-coverts. 

 Sexes alike. About six species are known, ranging from Southern 

 India to New Guinea, but only one occurs within our area. 



1096. Lyncornis cerviniceps. The Great Eared NvjJitjar. 



Lyncornis cerviniceps, Gould, Icon. Av. pt. ii, pi. 14 (1838) ; Blyth, 



J. A. S. B. xiv, p. 209; Jerdon, Ibis, 1871, p. So6; Blyth ^■■ 



Wald. Birds Biirm. p. 82 ; Htime, 8. F. ii, pp. 102, 469 ; xi, p. 40 ; 



zd. Cat. no. 114 bis ; Hiivie S,- Iw/lis, S. F. v, p. 17 ; iJavisoti, ibid. 



p. 454 ; Wardl. Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 459 ; Hume 1^- Dav. S. F. 



vi, p. 60 ; Bimjham, 8. F. ix, p. 151 ; Gates, B. B. ii, p. 22 ; id. 



in Hume's N. cf E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 52 ; Hartert, Cat. B. M. xvi, 



p. 604. 

 Eurostopodus cerviniceps, Blyth, Cat. p. 82. 

 Lyncornis bourdilloni, Hime, S. F. iii, p. 302; id. Cat. no. 114 ter ; 



Hume ^- Bourd. S. F. iv, p. 382. 

 Twwn-dweny-ngat , Arakan ; Din-hoo-unh, Assam. 



Fig. 55. — Head of L. cerviniceps, ^. 



Coloration. General colour above rich brown, the surface 

 beautifully mottled ; crown and nape buff, finely vermiculated 

 with black, and with a few black oval spots in the middle ; sides 

 of head and chin black, the feathers with rufous edges ; ear-tufts 

 black, tipped the colour of the crown ; back and rump buff, mixed 

 with black and chestnut: scapulars buff and i black mixed down 

 the middle, with a band of black and chestnut in larger blotches 

 on each side ; wing-coverts black and chestnut mixed ; quills 

 black, with broken bands of rufous and black above, buff and 

 black below ; tail with alternating bars of buff and grey, each 

 mottled with black ; a large white spot on the throat ; fore-neck, 

 like chin, breast, and abdomen, buff", with black bars. 



Bill light horn-colour ; iris dark brown ; legs and feet brownish 

 fleshy. 



Length about 16 ; tail 8 ; wing 12 ; tarsus 0'75. 



Distribution. Throughout Burma in evergreen forests near hills, 

 extending south into the northern part of the Malay Peninsula, 



