70 CAPKIMULGIDJ?;. 



Caprimulgus atripennis, Jerd. 



Caprimulgus atripemris, Leyye, Birds Ceylon, p. 340 (1878) ; Barnes, Journ. 



Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 'iv. p. 7, pi. . fig. Ill (1889) ; Gates ed. 



Hume, Nests $ Eyys 2nd. Birds, iii. p. 47 (1890) ; Hartert, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xvi. p. 542 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 87 (1900). 

 Caprimulgus macrurus (nee Horsf.), Blanf. Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, iii. 



p. 188 (1895). 



The eggs of the South-Indian Nightjar, from the Nilghiri Hills, 

 resemble pale eggs of C. asiaticus. They are very glossy, and 

 measure respectively : 1-12 by *7 ; 1 by '73. 



Eggs of this species taken in Ceylon by Mr. A. L. Butler are, 

 however, of quite a different type from the above. They have a 

 pale buff ground, and are sparingly marked with well-defined spots 

 and small blotches of purplish brown and lavender. Four examples 

 measure respectively : 1-19 by -85 ; 1-13 by -87 ; 1-12 by '81 ; 1-2 

 by -89. 



2. Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, S. India, Hume Coll. 



10th May (Miss Cockburn). 



2. Lunueala, Ceylon, 3rd July (A. L. Crowley Bequest. 



Butler}. 



1. Lunugala, 6th July (A. L. B.}. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Lunugala, 18th Aug. (A. L. B.). Crowley Bequest. 



Caprimulgus andamanicus, Hume. 

 (Plate I. fig. 11.) 



Caprimulgus andamanicus, Oates ed Hume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. 

 p. 46 (1890) ; Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 543 (1892) ; Blanf. 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 190 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 87 

 (1900). 



The eggs of the Andaman Nightjar in the Collection are dissimilar. 

 The ground-colour of both is a pale salmon-pink. In one specimen, 

 however, the markings consist of clouds of pale purplish pink, chiefly 

 disposed about the broad end, and a few inconspicuous blotches of 

 underlying grey. In the other, the ground is blotched, mottled, 

 and also marked with irregular lines and scrawls of pale purplish 

 pink of two shades, no trace of underlying markings being visible. 

 They measure respectively : I'll by -85 ; 1 P 05 by *83. 



.2. Port Mouat, Andamans, 12th April Hume Coll. 

 ( W. Damson). 



Caprimulgus madagascariensis, Sganz. 



Caprimulgus madagascariensis, E. Neivton, Ibis, 1863, pp. 340, 461, 

 pi. xiii. fig. 8 ; Milne-Edwards 8f Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. 

 i. p. 206, pi. 302. fig. 7 (1879) ; Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edinb. 

 vh. p. 148 (1882) ; Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 535 (3892) : 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 87 (1900). 



