258 FIRST LIST OP THE BIRDS OP 



I cannot say if this species is common ; the specimen was 

 shot by the native station master, E. B. Railway, at Rajbaree 

 near Goalundo, at dusk. He did not know what bird it was, so 

 brought it to me to see, I happening to have just arrived at the 

 station en route to Calcutta. On several occasions I have 

 noticed a small-sized Night Jar flying about at dusk at the fac- 

 tory, which might have been this species. 



110. — Caprimulgus macrourus, Eorsfield. 



25th March 1878, Male.— Length, 12-0; expanse, 24-0; 

 wing, 8"33 ; tail from vent, 6 25 ; tarsus, O50 ; bill from gape, 

 1*45 ; bill at front, 0*36 ; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 

 1'75 ; weight, 3"12 oz. ; testes, 0*42 in length. 



17th April 1878, Male.— Length, 12-12; expanse, 24'0; 

 wing, 8*25 ; tail from vent, 7 - ; tarsus, 0*66 ; bill from gape, 

 1-42; bill at front, 0"42 ; closed wings fall short of end of 

 tail, 2'0 ; weight, 2*87 oz. Bill fleshy ; tip horny ; legs fleshy 

 brown ; mouth inside fleshy colour. 



Pretty common ; all killed showed signs of breeding ; the spe- 

 cimen killed on 17th April was shot while sitting on the tip of 

 a lightning conductor ; when first sighting it I thought it must 

 be a Ninox, as this seemed a rather out-of-the-way place for a 

 Night Jar to alight. 



117.— *Merops viridis, Linn. 



Yery common, and a permanent resident. I have found se- 

 veral of their nest holes during March and April with from four 

 to five eggs in each. On one occasion I pressed out an egg (with- 

 out a shell) from the oviduct of a female in the way described 

 by Mr. Adam, in " Nests and Eggs," page 101. All the holes 

 I found were on dead level plains, although in one or two 

 instances the high river banks were close alongside the holes. 



118.-— Merops philippinus, Lin. 



2nd April 1878, Male.— Length, 12-50; wing, 5-25; tail 

 from vent, 6*08; tarsus, 0-42; bill from gape, 1-92 ; bill at 

 front, 1-54; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 3-83 ; 

 weight, 1*37 oz. Bill black; irides crimson; legs reddish. 



4th June, Male. — Length, 12*20; expanse, 16*0; wing, 

 5*16; tail from vent, 5'60; tarsus, - 46 ; bill from gape, 2*15; 

 bill at front, 1*60 ; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 3*18; 

 weight, 1*37 oz. Irides blood red; mouth inside fleshy; bill and 

 legs black. 



Ear from rare ; appear in February, breed here in holes in 

 banks in July and August, after which they disappear ; they fre- 



