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Tuc-ca-ro, Masbate and Ticao. 



Bantayan (McGregor); Basilan (Everett)-, Bohol (McGregor)-, Cebu (Mc- 

 Gregor); Luzon (Cuming, Steere Exp., Whitehead, McGregor); Masbate (Mc- 

 Gregor) ; Mindanao (Everett, Goodfellow) ; Mindoro (McGregor, Porter) ; Negros 

 (Keay) ; Palawan (Platen); Romblon (McGregor); Ticao (McGregor). 



Male. General coloration and pattern very much as in C. macrurus; 

 post-auricular area and band on hind neck light buff; white area on 

 throat divided, forming two patches; fore breast darker with no rufous; 

 barring on abdomen and under tail-coverts broken, resulting from the 

 larger light tips. The following characters are diagnostic; white spot 

 on first primary washed with buff, small and reaching but half way to 

 shaft; spot on second quill a little larger, not reaching shaft and a 

 narrow line indicates spot on outer web ; spots on third and fourth quills 

 reaching shaft on both webs and on the fourth the included section of 

 shaft nearly all white; outer pair of rectrices with white area about 

 32 mm. in length and on inner web only; second pair with white area 

 across both webs. A male from Eomblon measures : Length, 255 ; wing. 

 170; tail, 125; tarsus, 15; middle toe with claw, 24. 



Female. Spots on first and second primaries dark fulvous; spot on 

 third primary not reaching shaft; otherwise like the male. A female 

 from Eomblon measures: Length, 255; wing, 167; tail, 115; tarsus, 15; 

 middle toe with claw, 24. 



Young. Upper parts very much as in the adult, but the blackish 

 brown spots on head and scapulars greatly reduced in size; as a whole 

 the upper parts are dark silvery gray; white throat patches wanting, 

 being indicated by two small buff areas; feathers of breast vermiculated 

 with light brown and light buff with lighter buff tips; abdomen and 

 flanks light fulvous, distinctly barred with brown ; the partially developed 

 wings and tail with markings as in the adult. 



Eggs. A set of two eggs collected May 22, 1895, by Whitehead near 

 Cape Engano, Cagayan Province, Luzon, are described as follows : "Shape 

 elliptical oval; ground-color pale cream; under-markings pale lavender- 

 gray; irregularly blotched over-markings pale brown, but darker than 

 in C. griseatus. In one egg the over-markings are almost wanting, being 

 reduced to one or two blotches. Measurements 29 mm. by 22." (Grant 

 and Whitehead.) 



The Manila nightjar is the most common species of its genus in the 

 Islands and has a considerable vertical range, being found in the pine 

 woods of Benguet Province as well as in the lowlands and near the sea. 

 Its food consists largely of moths and beetles which it takes on the wing. 

 During the day it rests in dark thickets and comes out to feed only 

 after sunset. Its presence in a locality may be detected by hearing its 

 peculiar note which has given it the Tagalog name "tucaroc." 



