194 PODARGIDjE. 



This family inhabits the Oriental and Australian regions ; one 

 genus is Indian. 



Genus BATRACHOSTOMUS, Gould, 1838. 



Wings rounded, short, 4th and 5th quills longest. Tail long,, 

 graduated. No rictal bristles, but ' there are conspicuous bristly 

 feathers at the base of the bill ; tufts of the same in front of the 

 eyes, and ear-tufts, with bristles at the ends of the feathers. Tarsus 

 short ; feet small, middle toe elongate. Sexes in most species very 

 different in plumage. 



This genus, which is nearly allied to the Australian Podargus, 

 inhabits the greater part of the Oriental region, and comprises 

 about nine species, of which three occur within Indian limits. 



Key to the Species. 



a. General colour speckled greyish brown. 



a'. Crown with irregular black blotches ; 



wing 5'3 B. hodgsoni c? , p. 194. 



b'. Crown without distinct black marks; 



wing 4-5 B. affinis rf, p. 196. 



c'. Crown with small black spots, each ter- 

 minating behind in a whitish speck .... B. moniliger <$ , p. 196. 



b. General colour chestnut. 



d'. Scapulars with large white black-bordered 

 patches ; no white on wing-coverts. 



a". Wing 5-3 ; colour bright B. hodgsoni , p. 194. 



b". Wing 4-5 ; colour dull B. affinis $ , p. 196. 



e'. Scapulars ending in small black and buff 



spots ; white spots on wing-coverts .... B. moniliger , p. 196, 



1097. Batrachostomus hodgsoni. Hodgson's Frogmouth. 



Batrachostomus affinis, apud Blyth, J. A. S. B. xviii, p. 806 (nee 

 xvi, p. 1180); Walden, Ibis, 1876, p. 355; Tweeddale, Ibis. 



1877, p. 388, partim ; id. P. Z. 5.1877, p. 426, pt. ; Oates, B. B. ii, 

 p. 15, pt. ; Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) vii, p. 382. 



Otothrix hodgsoni, G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 101, pi. clii ; 



Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 190 ; id. Ibis, 1871, p. 356 ; Hume, S. F. iv, p. 377. 

 Batrachostomus castaneus, Hume, 8. F. ii, p. 349 ; vii, p. 148 : 



Blanf. Ibis, 1877, p. 251 ; Tweeddale, ibid. p. 388 ; Hume, Ibis, 



1878, p. 120. 



Batrachostomus hodgsoni, Walden in BlyiKs Birds Burm. p. 83 ; 



Hume, S. F. vi, p. 53; xi, p. 34; id. Cat. no. 106; Oates in 



Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 39 ; Hartert, Cat. B. M. xvi, 



p. 642. 

 Batrachostomus javensis, Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xlvii, pt. 2, p. 13 ; 



Hume, S. F. vii, p. 147. 

 Sumbong, Naga, Manipur. 



Coloration. Male. Upper surface brown, an intimate mixture 

 of black and rufous or buff ; supercilia whitish ; crown and nape 



