BATRACHOSTOMUS. 397 



970. Dendrochelidon comatus (Temm.), Sdater, P. z. S. 1865, 



p. 617 ; Salvady Ucc. Born. p. 123 ; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. vi. p. 5 I ; Hume^ 

 Str. F. viii. p. 85 ; Cypselus comatus, Temm., PI. Col. 268. Macropteryx 

 comatus, Oa/es, B. Br, Burm. ii. p. 14. The TUFTED TREE-SWIFT. 



Forehead, crown, nape, throat, sides of the head, greater, median, lesser, 

 and under wing coverts metallic blue ; superciliary streak from the base of 

 bill to nape, the under tail coverts, uppermost tertiaries, the chin and a stripe 

 under the ear coverts white ; back, rump, upper tail coverts, sides of the neck, 

 lower throat, abdomen, vent and sides of the body metallic bronze ; lores 

 black ; ear coverts chestnut ; quills and tail brown, tinged with deep blue, 

 more conspicuous on the outer webs. 



The female has the ear coverts metallic blue. Bill black ; irides dark 

 brown; legs and feet purplish pink. (Davison.) 



Length. 6*5 inches ; tail 3' 2 ; wing 5 ; tarsus o - 3 ; bill from gape 0*65. 



Hal. The Malay Peninsula, Siam, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Timor, 

 the Phillipine Islands, and Tenasserim from the extreme south to Mergui. 

 According to Davison this species frequents by preference clearings where 

 there are a number of dead trees standing. 



Family. CAPRIMULJIM, Vigors. GOATSUCKERS. 



Bill short, flat, and broad, weak and curved ; gape wide, extending to 

 below the eyes, and with numerous strong bristles ; wings long or short ; tail 

 moderate, of ten feathers ; tarsi short; toes long, hind toe joined to inner at 

 base ; eyes large ; plumage mottled and pencilled ; habits nocturnal. 



Sub-Family. STEATORNI1SLE, Gray. 



Bill large, wide, depressed, slightly curved and strongly hooked ; gape very 

 wide; base of bill covered with feathers and bipectinated bristles. Hallux 

 partially reversible in some. (Jerd.) 



Gen. Batrachostomus, Gould. 



Bill very large, strong, broad and hooked at tip ; nostrils narrow, lateral, 

 covered by plumes ; no rictal brisles ; wings short and rounded ; tail long ; 

 tarsi feathered. 



971. Batrachostomus moniliger, Biyth, J. A. S. B. xvii. p- 806 ; 



Jerd., B. Ind. i. p. 119, No. 105 ; Str. F. ii. p. 350 ; iv. p. 376 ; vi. p. 55, 

 Podargus Javensis, Jerd., 2nd Suppl. Cat. 253. Batrachostomus Javensis, 

 (HorsfJ, Str. F vii. p. 147. The WYNAAD FROGMOUTH. 



Above with the throat and breast bright bay or chestnut ; a torque 

 of white spots edged black on the upper part of the breast and another 

 below it; belly and lower tail coverts pale isabelline with similar but 

 smaller spots ; flanks mottled with dusky j coronal feathers long ; occipital 



