19(3 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



be wliitisli in some ; the primaries have no rufous bars underneath, 

 and those on the base of the tail beneath are imperfect ; white 

 spots on the primaries, and on the outer tail-feathers, as in the last ; 

 also the white spot in front of the neck, this being pale bufF in 

 the female, which is generally browner and less ashy, but yet 

 darker than the males of the other affined species. The whiskers 

 are white at their base. This one may be distinguished from the 

 last, in a general manner, by its much darker colour, smaller 

 size, and by the males having the primaries black at the tip, instead 

 of being mottled at the tip. 



Length 11 inches ; wing 7| ; tall 6, exceeding the wing by 

 about 1^ inch ; female a little smaller. 



This Night-jar is spread through the Burmese countries, and 

 Malayan a, to Australia. It has been found, though rarely, in 

 Lower Bengal, in the neighbourhood of Calcutta. 



111. Caprimulgus atripennis, Jerdon. 



111. Ind. Orn. pi. 24 (letter press) — C Mahrattensis, apud 

 Bltth, Cat. 413 — C. spilocircus, Gray. 



The Ghat Night-jar. 



Descr. — Very similar to C. mac7'ouriis, but smaller, and with a 

 russet tinge about the nape, breast, and back, not seen in the other 

 species of the group ; quills generally pure black in the male, and 

 not mottled at tlie tip ; ear-coverts ferruginous. In females the 

 quills are mottled at the tip. It is throughout of a darker hue 

 even than the last, and may be distinguished from it by its more 

 prevalent rufous tinge. 



Length 10| to 11 inches ; wing 6^ to 1^ ; tail 5^ to 6 inches. 



This handsome Night-jar was obtained by me from the Eastern 

 Ghats, west of Nellore. At first I took it for macrourus of Hors- 

 field, to which it is very nearly allied, and then for Sykes's 

 Mahrattensis ; but that appears to be a very distinct species from 

 both. Our bird has been found also on the Malabar coast and 

 in Ceylon. 



3rd Group. — With white spots on the outer tail-feathers in the 

 male ; tarsus bare. 



