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Caprimulgus ambiguus, llartert. 

 (Plate I. fig. 4.) 



Caprimulgus macrurus, Oates ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. 



p. 45 (1890); Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 537, part. (189:i) ; 



Blcmf. Fauna Brit, hid., Birds, iii. p. 189, part. (1895) ; Butler, 



■Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. ISoc. xii. p. 42.1 (1899). 

 Caprinnilg-us ambiguus, Hartert, Ziis, 1896, p. 37.j ; Sliarpe, Hand-l. ii. 



p. 87 (1900). 



The eggs of the Malay Nightjar resemble those of C. macrurus, 

 but the ground is rather darker in colour and in some cases tinged 

 with pink. They measure from 1"13 to 1*26 in length, and from 

 •85 to -92 in breadth. 



2. Tenasserim, 15th March. Iliime Coll. 



2. Thouiigyin River, Tenasserim, 15th Hume Coll. 



March (C. T. Bingham). 

 2. Thounoyin River, iSth March Hume Coll. 



(CCf.B.). 

 2. Thoungvin River, 19th April Ilume Coll. 



^ [C. f. B.). 

 2. Kossoom, Malay Peninsula, 29tk Hume Coll. 



April. 



2. Salang, Malay Peninsula, 25th Hume Coll. 



March. 



3. Singapore, 18th Dec. H. N. Ridley, Esq. [P.]. 



Caprimulgus albinotatus, Tuk. 

 (Plate I. figs. 1 & 2.) 



Caprimulgu' albinotatus, Beuvan, P. Z.S. 1864, p. 375 ; Gates ed. Hume, 

 Nests 4'- Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 43 (1890) : Hartert, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xvi. p. 540 (1892); Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 87 (1900). 



Caprimulgus macrurus, ajmd Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind.., Birds, iii. p. 188, 

 part. (1895). 



The eggs of the Bengal Nightjar are of three types. In one the 

 eggs resemble those of C. macrurus. In another they also resemble 

 the eggs of C. macrurus, but they have the ground-colour decidedly 

 tinged yfiih salmon-pink. In a third type the ground-colour is 

 greyish white, and this is finely spotted and blotched with lavender- 

 grey and very pale brown, closely resembling the common type of 

 the egg of C. europceus. Specimens measure from 1"1 to 1'3 in 

 length, and from "88 to -92 in breadth. 



1. Dhurumsala, Kashmir, 31st March 

 (C. B. Coch). 



1. Kotgurh, Himalayas, 15th May. 



2. Mus&oori, 19th April ( T. Hutfon). 

 2. Mussoon ( T. H.). ^ 

 1. Jerripani, Mussoori {T. H.). 



1. Kumaon. 



2. Sikbini Terai, 14th April. 

 2. Maunbhoom, Bengal (i?. C. Beavan) 



Hume Coll. 



Plume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Doll. 



