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F. vi. p. 57 ; C/ipps, Sir. F. vii. p. 257 ; Hume, S/r. F. viii. p. 85 ; Gates, 

 l> />'/-. Burnt, ii. p. 19. Caprimulgus macrurus, Hnrsf., Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xiii. p. 142 ; Jerd., B. hid- i. p 195, No. HO; Hume, S/r. F. iii. p. 46; 

 Rlythand Wald., B. Burm. p. 83 ; flume and Dav., Str. F. vi p. 58; Oates, 

 B Br, Burm. \\. p. 20 The LARGE BENGAL NIGHT-]AR. 



Crown and tertiaries cineraceous, minutely mottled with black; the crown 

 \vith a broad black mesial longitudinal streak ; wing coverts and scapulars 

 black, bordered broadly with rufescent white; neck in front with a broad 

 white patch; first primary with a white spot on the inner web; the next three 

 with a white patch extending across both webs ; outer tail feathers with a 

 broad white tip ; rictal bristles white at base and tipped black. 



The female is like the male, except that the white on the tail is tinged with 

 rufous and is much contracted, and the marks on the primaries are narrow, ill- 

 dcfined and rufescent. Bill pinkish brown; irides brown; feet and legs brown. 



Length. 13 inches ; tail 6-8 to 7 ; wing 8-4 to 9 ; tarsus 07 ; bill from gape 

 i '4 ; wings reach from 1-5 to 2 inches beyond the tip of the tail. 



Hab. The Malay Peninsula to Northern Australia, the Burmese countries 

 and the hill tracts of Eastern Bengal, Sikkim, and a great portion of Northern 

 and Central India. Inhabitant of forests and well-wooded localities. Breeds 

 from March to May, and like the other species lays two eggs. Habits. the 

 same. Eggs of a salmon colour, blotched with pink and brown. In size they 

 vary from ro8 to 1*3 inch, and in breadth from 0*85 to O'95. 



977- Caprimulgus atripennis, Jerd., Ill Ind. Om. pi. 24; /</., 



B.Ind.i.^. 196, No. in. Caprimulgus spilocircus (Gray), Hume, Nests 

 and Eggs Ind. B. p. 97. The GHAUT NIGHT-] AR. 



Similar to C. albonotatus, except that it is smaller; io'5 inches against 12 to 

 13 inches in length ; wing 6-5 against 8-5 to 9 inches. In colour it has a russet 

 tinge about the nape, breast and back ; quills black, not mottled at the tip ; 

 ear coverts ferruginous. 



Hal. Eastern ghauts; nearly throughout Southern India, Malabar Coast, 

 and Ceylon. According to Hume, it breeds on the Neilgherries. The eggs have 

 the usual gloss and a pale somewhat creamy pink ground, faintly streaked and 

 mottled all over with pale reddish and purple. Eggs average ri3 X 072. 



978 Caprimulgus Unwinii, Hume, Str. F. iii. p. 407 ; iv. p. 501 ; 



vii. p. 175 ; viii. pp. 180, 189, 236, 372; ix. pp. 313, 315; Ibis, 1871, i. 

 p. 406; id., 1877, pp. 249, 250; Murray, ZooL, fyc., Si/id, p. 125. UNWIN'S 

 NIGHT-JAR. 



Mr. Hume, in describing this species, says : " It has the upper three- 

 fourths of the tarsus feathered in front. In both sexes the two outer tail 

 feathers on each side are tipped with white; but the tippings are about 

 i '55 and ro broad in the male on the outer and penultimate feathers, 



