434 CAPKIMULGUS 



encircled by a broad yellowish rufous collar, marked and varied with 

 black and dark brown ; bill blackish, brown ; legs dull brown ; iris black. 

 Gape 1-3, wing 7'9, tail 6'25, tarsus - 95 inch. Female similar, but lacks 

 the white spots on the wings and tail. 



Hob. Portugal, Spain ; of rare occurrence in southern France ; 

 has once been obtained in England, once in Dalmatia, and twice 

 in Malta; is found in N. Africa as far east as Tunis, and 

 regularly visits some of the Canary islands. 



In general habits, food, etc., it does not differ from C. europceus, 

 and like that species forms no nest, but places its two eggs in a 

 depression in the ground, generally amongst scrubby brush- 

 wood. These resemble those of C. europceus but are slightly 

 larger, and as a rule scarcely so variable. 



In N.W. Africa, south of the Atlas range, paler and more 

 rufous varieties occur, and this form has been described as a 

 subspecies by Baron Carlo von Erlanger and figured by him 

 (J. f. Orn. 1899, taf. xi.) under the name C. ruficottis desertorum. 



620. IXDIAN-NlGHTJAR. 

 CAPRIMULGUS INDICUS. 



Caprimulgus mdicus, Latham, Ind. Orn, ii. p. 588 (1790) ; Blanf. F. Brit. 

 Ind. Birds, iii. p. 190 ; (7. jotaka, Temm. and Schlegel, F. Jap. 

 Aves, p. 37, pi. 12 (1847) ; David and Oust, Ois. Chine, p. 67 ; 

 Hartert, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xvi. p. 552 ; Tacz. F. 0. Sib. 0. p. 162 ; 

 C. kelaarti, Blyth, J.A.S.B. xx. p. 175 (1851) ; Legge, B. of Ceyl. 

 p. 337 ; Hartert, torn. cit. p. 555. 



Yotdka, Jap. ; Chippak, Hindu. 



ad. (India). Upper parts dark brown, spotted and blotched with 

 black ; crown, nape, and back with black spots and streaks throughout ; 

 an indistinct collar of buff spots ; wing-coverts with whitish or fulvous 

 spots ; scapulars boldly marked with large black spots and broad buff 

 margins ; first four primaries with a large white spot in the middle ; tail- 

 feathers except the middle ones with well defined black bars, all but the 

 middle ones, with white subterminal bands ; under parts buff, barred with 

 brown, darker on the breast ; a large white spot on the throat, and a 

 moustachial stripe buffy white ; bill vinous brown, paler at the base, the 

 tip black ; legs vinous brown ; iris dark brown. Wing8'8, tail 57, tarsus, 

 feathered in front, 0'65 inch. The female lacks the white on the tail- 

 feathers, and the spots on the primaries are buff, the spot on the throat being 

 also buff. Compared with C. europceus, this species is much darker and 

 more boldly marked with black, especially on the crown, and has more 

 white on the throat. 



