236 A CONTEIBUTION TO THE ORNITHOLOGY OF NEPAL. 



107 5?s.— Oaprimulgus jotaka, Temm and Sckl, 



Male, Valley, Deceinber. — Leng-tli, 10-75; expanse, 22*9 ; 

 wing, 7-9 ; tail, 5"2 ; tarsus, 0' 6 ; bill from gape, 1-35 ; bill at 

 front, 0"33 ; closed wings short of tail, 0"7 ; weight, 2-5 ozs. 



Bill dusky ; ^^V^ fleshy ; irides deep brown ; toes purplish 

 dusky ; tarsus feathered, all the tail feathers except the uropy- 

 gials, with a subterminal white spot. 



This specimen is dark and very richly colored, and corre^ 

 spends precisely in details of plumage with specimens in 

 Mr. Hume's collection, labelled ^'o/fa/;a ; but the wing seems small 

 for that species, and it may possibly be a rather large example 

 of indicus, Lath. 



This Groatsucker does not appear to be common in the valley 

 of Nepal. It was generally found in pairs in small wooded 

 nullahs at the foot of the hills. 



Caprimulgus, Sp. . 



Alale? Valley, 28th July.— Length, 107; expanse, 2275; 

 wing, 7*6; tail, 5*3; tarsus, 0"65; bill from gape, 1*3 ; bill at 

 front, 0"43 ; closed wings short of tail, 1'5 ; weight, 3ozs. 



Bill dusky brown ; gape pale fleshy ; irides deep brown j 

 feet fleshy brown ; claws blackish ; tarsus feathered ; the two 

 outer tail feathers on each side with a conspicuous terminal 

 patch of fulvous white. 



Female, Valley, 2Sth June. — Length, 10"8 ; expanse, 23-0 j 

 wing, 7"65 ; tail, 5*4 ; tarsus, 0*65 ; bill from gape, 1*3 ; bill 

 at front, 45; closed wings short of tail, 1'3. 



Bill black ; base of lower mandible and gape fleshy ; irides 

 deep brown ; feet brown fleshy ; claws blackish ; tarsus feathered ; 

 no trace of white terminations to any of the tail feathers. 



I have carefully compared these two specimens with a fine 

 series of the following Goatsuckers in Mr. Hume's museum, wis: 

 indicus, jotaka, kelaarti, europceus (unwini), alhonotatus, ma^ 

 crurus, andamanicus, atripennis, asiaticus, mahrattensis, monti- 

 colus, and my Nepal birds are certainly quite distinct from 

 every one of "the above species. The first specimen was sexed, 

 with doubt, as a female, but I feel satisfied now that it was 

 really a male. It is clearly of the same species as the second 

 example, which is undoubtedly a female. This Goatsucker 

 belongs to the same section as europceus, but may be distin- 

 guished at once by its general yellowish buff tint, and notably 

 by the whole row of scapulars being velvet black narrowly- 

 edged with buff, thus giving the appearance of a row of large- 

 black patches down each side of the back, not seen in any 

 other Indian species of Caprimulgus. 



