22 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the 



left standing after forest fires. It perches on some high 

 branch, from which it makes short flights at insects, return- 

 ing often to the same perch. 



The note is " Kick kick/' sounding somewhat like the 

 noise made by coachmen to horses. 



Native name " Lahi."] 



Fam. CaprimulgidjE. 



261. Caprimulgus macrurus. 



Caprimulgus macrurus, Horsf. ; Salvad. t. c. p. 117 ; Sharpe, 

 P.Z. S. 1879, p. 332; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 250. 



Caprimulgus salvadorii, Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 4. 



a. ? ad. Kina Balu, April 1888. 



b. S ad. Abai, Dec. 11, 1886. 



c. (J ad. Labuan, Aug. 14, 1888. 



[Common in open places and on the edges of forest. In 

 the evenings it may be seen on Labuan plain in numbers 

 sitting on the ground, making short flights from place to 

 place. The name of " Ice-bird " mentioned in Jerdon, and 

 derived from its peculiar note, which sounds exactly like a 

 stone thrown on thick ice, is the best description of the sound 

 it utters. It is met with on Kina Balu up to 2000 feet. It 

 generally nests in open places, and I have seen a nest on the 

 sea-shore under the shelter of a tree just above high-water 

 mark. The eggs are two in number, laid in April and other 

 months, of a pale creamy yellow, with a slight pinkish tinge, 

 blotched all over with pale grey, and less so with pale brown. 

 None of these spots and blotches are distinct. Axis 1*25, 

 diam. 0*9. Native name " Tampa-Kampa." 



There is another species of Caprimulgus in Borneo which I 

 failed to obtain, but which is, I believe, Lyncornis temmincki, 

 a species common in Malacca, but only observed by myself 

 about the foot of Kina Balu. This species has a very peculiar 

 habit of flying high in the heavens just as the last rays of the 

 setting sun are fading away, with wings held well above the 

 body, uttering a pretty whistling note " Teta bow, teta bow." 

 This Nightjar may be seen by the dozen exactly at 6.10 p.m. 

 So well timed was their flight that I could set my watch by 



