92 TROGONID.E. 



different shades of pale reddish and purplish brown ; they 

 average 1'04 by 077 inches. 



Caprimulgus mahrattensis, SyJces. 



H3._Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 198; Butler, Guzerat; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 455 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. 

 IX, p. 381 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 107. 



SYKES' NIGHT-JAR. 



Length, 875 to 9'5 ; wing, 675 to 7 ; tail, 4'5 to 5'5. 



Pale ashy-grey, variegated and waved with brown and ferrugi- 

 nous ; the breast, the three outer quills in the centre, and the 

 two lateral tail feathers on each side marked with white. 



This Night-jar occurs pretty well throughout the district, and 

 is a permanent resident at all events in Sind, where it breeds in 

 February and March, laying two eggs, upon the bare ground. 



Caprimulgus monticolus, FranU. 



114. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 198; Butler, Guzerat; 



Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 455 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. 



IX, p. 381. 



FRANKLIN'S NIGHT-JAR. 



Length, 10 ; expanse, 24 ; wing, 8 ; tail, 4'25. 



Pale ashy-brown, variegated with rufous and dusky ; the abdo- 

 men banded with rufous and black ; primaries brownish-black, 

 the four outer ones with a broad white band, the six middle tail- 

 feathers with slender black undulations, the two outer ones 

 on each side entirely white, tipped with brown. 



The female has a rufous band on the first four primaries, 

 and the tail is all of one color without any white ; she is also 

 generally paler than the male. 



The general hue of this species is more uniform than in any 

 of the others ; tarsus naked. 



Franklin's Night-jar is not uncommon in well- wooded portions 

 of the Deccan and South Mahratta country, and it is also 

 common at Mount Aboo, Mhow and Neemuch, but has not been 

 recorded from Sind. 



FAMILY, Trogonidae. 



Bill short, stout, somewhat triangular, strong, curved from 

 the base ; tip, and sometimes the margin, toothed ; gape wide ; 

 nostrils and base of bill concealed by long tufts of bristles ; 

 wings moderate or sjjr.t ; tarsus short, partially feathered ; 

 toes short, feeble, two before and two behind, the inner toe being 

 turned backwards ; tail long and broad, of twelve feathers ; 

 plumage soft ; skin very thin. 



GENUS, Harpactes, Swains. 



Bill strong, broad and deep, conic much curved ; margins of 

 the mandibles smooth ; nostrils partially covered by tufts of 



