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Genus CAPRIMULGUS Liniueus, 1758. 



Wings long and pointed, first primary shorter than second; rictal 

 bristles conspicuous, no ear-tufts on sides of head; males generally dis- 

 tinguished by having large white spots on wings and tail. 



Species. 



a 1 . White spot on first primary smaller and not reaching the shaft. 



ft 1 . White spot on outer rectrix subterminal jotaka (p. 349) 



ft 2 . White spot on outer rectrix terminal. 



c 1 . Spot on outer rectrix on inner web only ; spot on second primary not reach- 

 ing the shaft manillensis (p. 346) 



c 2 . Spot on outer rectrix involving both webs; spot on second primary reaching 



shaft on both webs macmrus (p. 348) 



a". White spot on first primary larger and reaching the ( griseatus (p. 344) 



shaft ( mindanensis (p. 346) 



FEMALES. 



a 1 . A large terminal white spot on tail. 



ft 1 . Larger, length about 290 mm. ; a larger terminal white spot across both webs 

 of outer rectrix ; spot on first primary white and larger, on second primary 



extending to the shaft macrurus (p. 348) 



b-. Smaller, length about 250 mm.; a smaller terminal white spot across inner 

 web of outer rectrix; spot on first primary buff and smaller; on second 



primary not extending to the shaft manillensis (p. 346) 



a a . No terminal white spot on tail which is barred and mottled. 



6 1 . Smaller; wing less than 180 mm.; spots on primaries ( griseatus (p. 344) 



much larger, whitish and unspeckled ( mindanensis (p. 346) 



6 2 . Larger; wing more than 190 mm.; spots on primaries much smaller, buffy 



and speckled with brown jotaka (p. 349) 



306. CAPRIMULGUS GRISEATUS Walden. 

 PHILIPPINE NIGHTJAR. 



Caprimulgus griseatus WALDEN, Trans. Zool. Soc. (1875), 9, pt. 2, 160; 

 TWEEDDALE, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877), 691; HABTEBT, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. (1892), 16, 550; pi. 11; GBANT and WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1898), 

 245 pi. 6, fig. 7 (egg) ; CLABKE, Ibis (1900), 353; SHABPE, Hand-List 

 (1900), 2, 86; GATES and REID, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1903), 3, 67; Mc- 

 GBEGOB and WOBCESTEB, Hand-List (1906), 57; WOBCESTEB, Phil. Jour. 

 Sci. (1907), 2, sec. A, 271, pis. 1 & 2. 



Catanduanes (Whitehead) ; Cebu (McGregor)-, Luzon (Everett, Whitehead, 

 McGregor)-, Mindanao (Goodfellow) ; Mindoro (McGregor, Porter); Negros 

 (Keay) ; Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor). 



Adult male. Upper parts finely vermiculated with blackish brown, 

 pale buff, and gray, more heavily marked with blackish brown on top 

 of head and on scapulars, some of the latter with wide edges of fulvous 

 or buff on outer web; an obsolete collar of buff on hind neck; lower 

 parts finely marked with blackish brown, buff, and whitish buff; a large 



