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specimens are glossy, and measure respectively: 1/18 by '89; 1*22 

 by -88; 1-15 by -8 ; 1-2 by -87. 



1 Khandesh, W. India, 19th July. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Raipur, C. Pro vs., India, l3th Hume Coll. 



July (F. R. Blewitt}. 



1. Maunbhoom, Bengal, April (R. 0. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Beavan). 



1. Yeaboo, Tenasserim, 10th March Hume Coll. 



( W. DavisonJ. 



Caprimulgus manillensis, Wall. 

 (Plate I. fig. 9.) 



Caprimulgus manillensis, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 544 (1892 ) ; 

 Grant fy Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 246; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 86 

 (1900). 



Two eggs of the Manila Nightjar in the Collection are cream- 

 coloured, marked with underlying blotches of lavender-grey ; one 

 specimen is also boldly marked with pale brown, whereas the second 

 has the surface-markings almost obsolete. These examples do not 

 differ much from the eirgs of C. (jriseatns. They measure respectively : 

 1-13 by -8; 1-12 by ; 8. 



2. Cape Engano, N.E. Luzon, 22nd J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



May. 



Caprimulgus macrurus, Horsf. 



(Plate I. fig. 8.) 



Caprimulgus macrurus, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 332 ; North, Nests # 

 Egf/s Austr. Birds, p. 29 (1880) : Everett, List Birds Born. p. 153 

 (1889); Sharpe, Ibis, 1890, p. 22; Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. 

 p. 537 (1892); Nchrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 155 (1899); Shftrpe, 

 Hand-l. ii. p. 87 (1900) ; Campbell, Nests ^ Egys Austr. Birds, ii. 

 p. 534 (1901). 



The eggs of Horsfield's Nightjar are of a pale creamy-buff colour, 

 thickly blotched and clouded with lavender-grey, over which are 

 scattered a few surface-spots and blotches of pale brown. They are 

 glossy, and measure from 1-1 to 1*3 in length, and from '8 to -91 

 in breadth. 



3. Borneo (Tristram Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 

 8. Labuan, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



2. Labuan, April. A. II. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Mt. Kina Balu, Borneo, 25th March Crowley Bequest. 



(J. Whitehead}. 



2. Tiga Island, Borneo, April. A. II. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Mt. Victoria, New Guinea. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Australia. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Rockharapton Bay, Queensland, Crowley Bequest. 



Sept. (North Coll.). 



