<4 CAFRIMULGIDJE. 



Caprimulgus indicus, Lath. 



Caprimulgus kelaarti, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 337 (1878) ; Oates e<l. Hume, 



Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 41 (1890) ; Hartert, Cat. Birds 



B. M. xvi. p. 555 (1892). 



Caprimulgus indicus, Barnes, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. iv. p. 7, 

 , pi. . fig. 107 (1889) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. 



'p. 40 (1890); Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii.' p. 190 (1895) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 88 (1900). 



The eggs of the Jungle Nightjar resemble very closely those of 

 C. ambiguus, but are rather more brightly coloured. They measure 

 from I'll to 1-25 in length, and from -8 to '87 in breadth. 



2. Central Provinces, 12th April (F. R. Hume Coll. 



Blewitt}. 

 1. Eaipur, C. Pro vs., 13th July Hume Coll. 



(F. R. B.}. 



1. Mysore, 8th April (C. J. W. Hume Coll. 



Taylor). 



2. Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, 1st April Hume Coll. 



(Miss Cockburn). 



1. Kotagherry, 18th April (Miss Cock- Hume Coll. 



burn}. 



2. Kotagherry, 10th May (Miss Cock- Hume Coll. 



burn). 



2. Kotagherry, llth May (Miss Cock- Hume Coll. 



burn). 



1. Coonoor, Nilghiri Hills, April. Hume Coll. 



1. Nilghiri Hills, 24th May. Hume Coll. 



1. Ceylon, 4th May (A. L. Butler). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Ceylon, 9th May (^4. L. B.}. Crowley Bequest. 



Caprimulgus jotaka, Temm. fy Schleg. 

 (Plate I. fig. 14.) 



Caprimulgus jotaka, Oodw.-Aust. Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xliii. pt. ii. 



p. 153 (1874) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 45 



(1890) ; Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 552 (1892) ; Tacz. Faime 



Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 162 (1893) ; La Touche, Ibis, 1900, p. 41 ; 



. Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 88 (1900). 



The eggs of the Japanese Nightjar resemble those eggs of 

 C. europceus which have the ground-colour white or ashy white. 

 Six examples measure respectively : 1*16 by *9 ; 1-2 by '88 ; 1'23 

 by -87 ; 1-22 by '87 ; 1-2 by -91 ;"l-27 by -91. 



1. Eastern Siberia (Dybowski: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



2. Hondo, Japan, 28th June. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Shillong, Assam, 29th May. Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen 



1. Kuatun, Fohkien, China, C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



21st May. 



