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the throat, and the abdomen distinctly barred ; lower tail-coverts 

 buff, without bars. 



The female has the white tips to the outer rectrices shorter than 

 in the male, and often sullied and mottled ; the spots on the 

 primaries are generally buff. 



Legs and feet pale fleshy brown ; claws black ; bill and irides 

 dark brown (Hume}. 



Length about 9 ; tail 4-2 ; wing 7 ; tarsus, only feathered at the 

 base, '8. 



Distribution. Throughout North-western India, extending west- 

 ward to Afghanistan and Baluchistan, eastward to Upper Bengal 

 (Jerdon obtained a specimen near Caragola, south of Purneah) and 

 south to Belgaum, but rare except in Sind and the neighbouring 

 provinces. 



Habits, &fc. This Nightjar is chiefly met with on sandy ground. 

 It breeds in Sind about May and June, and perhaps at other 

 seasons. The eggs are pale grey or greyish lilac, spotted and 

 blotched with pale sepia-brown, and measure about 1*18 by *80. 



1090. Caprimulgus monticola. Franklins Nightjar. 



Caprimulgus raonticolua, Franklin, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 116 ; Blyth, 

 Cat. p. 84; Horsf. 8f M. Cat. i, p. 114; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 198; 

 Beavan, Ibis, 1865, p. 406, 1869, p. 406 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 342 ; 

 Adam, S. F. i, p. 371 ; Ball, S. F. ii, p. 385 ; vii, p. 203 ; God w- 

 Aust. J. A. S. B. xliii, pt. 2, p. 153; Blyth 8f Wald. Birds Burm. 

 p. 83 ; Hume, S. F. iii, p. 455 ; x, p. 349 ; xi, p. 40 ; id. Cat. 

 no. 114; Butler, S. F. v, p. 227 ; ix, p. 381 ; Damson, S. F. v, 

 p. 453 ; Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 59 : Vidal, S. F. ix, p. 48 ; 

 Bingham, ibid. p. 151; Davidson, S. F. x, p. 295; Macgregor, 

 ibid. p. 436 ; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 18 ; id. in Hume's N. $ E. 

 2nd ed. iii, p. 51 ; C. 11. T. Marshall, Ibis, 1884, p. 409 ; Barnes, 

 Birds Bom. p. 92 ; id. Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. i, p. 43 ; iv, p. 8, 

 pi. fig. 114 (egg) ; Hartert, Cat. B. M. xvi, p. 547. 



Coloration. Male. General colour above brown or brownish grey, 

 with indistinct black markings and with rufous edges and spots on 

 the scapulars and wing-coverts; no black stripes on the back; a 

 partial collar of buff spots, sometimes inconspicuous ; tail-feathers 

 \\ith distinct blackish cross-bands ; a large white spot or band in 

 the middle of the first four primaries; two outer pairs of tail- 

 feathers entirely white except at the tip ; a white spot on the 

 throat, the white feathers with dark tips, some rufous spots on the 

 breast; rest of lower parts to breast mottled brown, the abdomen 

 mid lower tail-coverts buff, with bars on the former only. 



The female has no white on the tail-feathers, which are all 

 barred throughout, and the spots on the first four primaries are 

 rufous buff. 



Bill and gape pale brown ; irides dark brown ; legs and feet pale 

 fleshy brown (Bingham). 



Length about 10 ; tail 4-5 ; wing 7*5 ; tarsus, almost entirely 

 naked, '82. 



