CAPRIMULGUS 435 



Hob. India, Ceylon, Burma, Cochin China, Manchuria, 

 Mongolia, Kan-su, south-eastern Siberia, Corea, Japan ; in the 

 winter it migrates south to Malacca, Java, Borneo, and New 

 Guinea. 



In most of its central range this species appears to be a 

 resident, but in other parts migratory. It frequents forests arid 

 jungle and in its general habits does not materially differ from 

 C. europceus, from which species it can readily be distinguished 

 in having a subterminal white band on all but the middle tail- 

 feathers, whereas C. europceus has only the two outer feathers on 

 each side tipped with white. Its cry is described as tchouk, 

 tchouk, tchouk, continuously uttered in the twilight. In Dauria 

 eggs have been found in June and August, and in India it 

 breeds from March to May, and probably therefore raises two 

 broods in the season. The eggs, 2 in number, are placed on 

 the ground, no nest being made, and are dull white blotched 

 with three shades of umber and one shade of ashy brown, and 

 measure T22 by - 88 and 119 by 0'91. Indian specimens of 

 this bird are smaller than those from Japan. 



621. EGYPTIAN NIGHTJAR. 

 CAPRIMULGUS JEGYPTIUS. 



Caprimulgus cegyptius, .-Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 59 (1823), Shelley ; B. of 

 Egypt, p. 75, pi. viii. ; Dresser, iv. p. 629, pi. 272 ; Hartert, Cat. B. 

 Br. Mus. xvi. p. 562 ; Saunders, p. 270 ; Lilford, ii. 36, pi. 15 ; 

 Koenig, J. f. O. 1896, Tab. vi. fig. 2 (egg) ; C. isalellinus, Temm. 

 PI. Col. 379 (1825) ; C. arenicolor, Severtz. Ibis, 1875, p. 491. 



Engoulevent isabdle, French ; El Hdma, Arab. 



ad. (Turkestan). Sandy greyish isabelline, vermiculatecl and barred 

 with black ; inner webs of the primaries chiefly white, but 110 white spots 

 011 the wings or tail ; tail vermiculated and barred with black ; under 

 parts sandy isabelline, narrowly barred with blackish ; a patch on the 

 throat white ; legs reddish brown, beak dark brown ; iris black. Gape 1*1, 

 wing 8*1, tail 5'3, tarsus 0'9 inch. The female differs merely in being 

 slightly duller in colour and markings, and lacks the white wing-spots. 



Hob. N. Africa (Algeria, Tunis, Egypt, and Nubia) ; Trans- 

 caspia, Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Baluchistan; has' once 

 occurred in England, once in Heligoland, twice in Sicily, and 

 three times in Malta. 



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