CAPEIMULGUS 433 



iris black ; legs reddish brown. Gape 1*2, wing 7'8, tail 5 '5, tarsus '8 inch. 

 In the female the white spots on the wings and tail are replaced by dull 

 orange buff, slightly marbled with brown. 



Hob. Europe generally, as far north as Trondhjem in Norway, 

 Gefle in Sweden, and Kuopio in Finland ; in winter migrating 

 down to S. Africa ; Asia as far east as Lake Baikal in the north, 

 and Afghanistan, Kashmir, and Mongolia in the south, visiting 

 the Punjab, Sind, and occasionally the N.W. Provinces of India 

 in winter. 



During the day this species remains concealed in some shady 

 place, if on a branch perched lengthways, and emerges when the 

 shades of evening set in. It frequents open glades in the 

 woodlands where it may be seen flying noiselessly round, 

 hawking after winged insects. It feeds on moths, beetles, and 

 insects of various kinds, which are chiefly captured on the wing. 

 Its note when resting is a churring sound, and on the wing it 

 utters a loud whistle and strikes the points of its wings together, 

 producing a loud sound. It makes no nest, but in June deposits 

 its two eggs in a slight hollow on the ground in the woods or 

 on the open heath. These are elongated, tapering equally 

 towards each end, in ground colour varying from nearly pure 

 white to greyish or pale buffy white and are blotched, marbled 

 and spotted with pale purplish or purplish grey underlying, 

 and dark brown surface-markings, and in size average about 

 1-23 by 0-85. 



West European specimens are as a rule darker, and Asiatic 

 ones (C. unwini and C. plumipes) are paler, but this difference 

 is very variable, as I have seen European birds as pale and grey 

 as others from Asia. 



619. KUSSET-NECKED NIGHTJAR. 

 CAPRIMIILGUS RUFICOLLIS. 



CaprimulgusruficoUis, Temm. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 438 (1820) ; Gould, B. of 

 E. ii. pi. 52 : Newton, ii. p. 386 ; Dresser, iv. p. 633, pi. 273 ; Har~ 

 tert, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xvi. p. 531 ; Saunders, p. 269 ; Lilford, ii. 

 p. 33, pi. 14. 



Engoulevent a collier roux, French ; NoitM, Portug. ; 

 Chotacabras, Zumaya, Span. ; El Hdma, MZlil, Arabic. 



ad. (England). Resembles C. europceus in general, but is larger, paler, 

 more rufous, especially on the under parts, the chin is reddish ochraceous, 

 below which there is a white patch larger than in C. europmus ; lower neck 



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