.504 DR. F. H. H. GUILLEMARD ON BIRDS COLLECTED [May 19, 



9. Alcedo bengalensis, Gmelin. 



Alcedo bengalensis, Salvad. Orn. della Pap. vol. i. p. 407 ; Sharpe, 

 Monogr. Alced. pi. 2 ; G. H. Gr. Haiid-1. i. p. 9.5, sp. 1152. 



Hub. From the Red Sea to China and Japan. Sumbawa 

 {Guillemard) ; YloxGS {Wallace) ; Timor (S. MUller). 



a, cJ . Sumbawa. 



Iris brown ; bill entirely black (5*0centiius.) ; feet orange-red. 



10. Sauropatis chloris (Boddaert). 



Sauropatis chloris, Salvad. Orn. della Pap. vol. i. p. 470 ; id. 

 Ucc. di Born. p. 103. 



Halcyon chloris, Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. pi. 89. 



Hub. Generally distributed from the Red Sea to New Ireland. 

 Java {Horsfield), Lombuk, Flores, Solor, and Timor {Wallace); 

 Sumbawa {Guillemard). 



a, b. Sumbawa. 



Iris brown ; bill black, base of lower mandible yellowish white ; 

 tarsus black. 



11. Caprimulgus macrurus, Horsfield. 



Caprimulgus macrurus, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 142 (1821) ; 

 G. R. Gr. Hand-1. i. p. 57, sp. 633 ; Salvad. Orn. della Pap. i. p. 528. 



Hab. India, Malay peninsula, Philippines, Moluccas, New Guinea, 

 New Britain, Sumatra, Java {Bernstein) ; Lombok and Timor 

 {Wallace); Sumbawa {Guillemard). 



a. S • Bima, Sumbawa. 



Iris brown ; bill flesh-coloured, black at tip ; feet dull tlesh- 

 coloured. Length of wing 1 8*8. 



12. Caprimulgus affinis, Horsfield. 



Caprimulgus affinis, Horsf. Tr. Linu. Soc. xiii. p. 142 (1821) ; 

 G. R. Gr. Hand-1. i. ]>. 57, sp. 635 ; Salvad. Ucc. di Born. p. 115. 



Hah. Borneo, Sumatra, Celebes, Java {Horsfield) ; Timor, 

 Lombok {Wallace) ; Sumbawa {Guillemard). 



a-c. Bima, Sumbawa. 



Iris brown ; bill brown, black at tip ; feet brown. Length 22*0 

 ceatims. ; wing 15"6-16'2 centims. 



At the beginning of the month of August great numbers of Night- 

 jars were to be found at dusk hawking over the dry padi fields in the 

 neighbourhood of Bima. Some belonged to the preceding species, 

 but the great majority, I believe, to the present. In no other part 

 of the world havt I seen birds of this genus in such abundance. 



13. Centrococcyx affinis (Horsfield). 



Centrococcyx affinis, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 180 (1821) ; 

 Wald. Tr. Z. S. vol. viii. pt. 2, p. 56. 



Hab. Celebes {Wallace); Java {Horsfield) ; Lombok, Flores, 

 and Timor {Wallace) ; Sumbawa {Guillemard). 

 a. Labuan-penakan, Sumbawa. 



