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CArRIMULGID.H. 



Caprimulgus indicus, Lath. 



Caprimulgiis kelaarti, Legge, Birds Vcylon, p. 337 (1878) ; Gates cd. Hume, 



Nests (.y E(j(/s Ind. 'Birds, iii. p. 41 (1890) : Hartert, Cat. Birds 



B. M. xvi. p. 555 (189i'). 

 Caprimulgiis indicus, Barnes, Jour?i. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Sue. iv. p. 7, 



pi. — . fig. 107 (1889) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nesfs Sf- Hf/f/s Ind. Birds, iii. 



p. 40(1890); Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii." p. 190 (1895); 



Sharpe, Hand-list, 'ii. p. 88 (1900). 



The eggs of the Jungle Nightjar resemble very closely those of 

 C. ambir/uus, but are rather more brightly coloured. They measure 

 from I'll to 1'25 in length, and from "8 to '87 in breadth. 



Central Provinces, l-'th April {F. B. 

 Blewitt). 



Raipur, C. Provs., 13th July 

 (F. R. B.). 



Mysore, 8th April (C. J. W. 

 Taylor'). 



Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, 1st April 

 {Miss Cockljurn). 



Kotagherry, 18th April {Miss Cuck- 

 burn). 



Kotagherry, 10th May {Miss Cock- 

 burn) . 



Kotagherry, 11th May {Miss Cock- 

 burn). 



Coonoor, Nilgliiri Hills, April. 



Nilghiri Hills, 24th May. 



Cevlou, 4th May {A. L. Butler). 



Ceylon, 9th May [A. L. B.). 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Cull. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Caprimulgus jotaka, Temm. ^ Schlej. 



(Plate I. fig. 14.) 



Caprimulgus jotaka, Godw.-Aust. Journ. Asiat. Soc. Benq. xliii. pt. ii. 

 p. 153 (1874); Oates ed. Hume, Nests Sf Fj/gs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 45 

 (1890) ; Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 552 (l^<92) ; Tacz. Faune 

 Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 102 (1893) ; La louche. Ibis, 1900, p. 41 ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 88 (1900). 



The eggs of the Japanese Nightjar resemble those eggs of 

 G. europceus which have the ground-colour white or ashy white. 

 Six examples measure respectively : 1-16 by "9 ; 1-2 by "88 ; 1"23 

 by -87 ; 1-22 by -87 ; 1-2 by -91 ;'l-27 by -91. 



Eastern Siberia {Dyhowski: 



tram Coll.). 

 Hondo, Japan, 28th June. 

 Shillong, Assam, 29th May. 



Kuatun, Fohkien, China, 

 21st May. 



Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen 



rc.i 



C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



