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traces of black terminal bars to the feathers of the upper back 
and scapular region, It was so young that its sex was not 
ascertained by dissection. It is not four inches in length, and 
probably was not above eight days old. 
One word more about my B. punctatus. Mr. Vincent Legge 
suggests that it was probably not shot by Mr. Nevil himself, 
but procured from a dealer in Kandy along with other specimens 
which he purchased for me, and that it is therefore possible that 
after all its parentage may not be Cingalese. So that though 
certainly not identical with moniliger, it may be identical with 
some other known species. But it is considerably smaller than 
any other of which | can find a description. 
108.—Caprimulgus Kelaarti, Blyth. 
‘A winter visitor, occurring rather abundantly from Novem- 
ber to March, and preferring open grass land at the edge of 
forest.—F. W. B.”’ 
Six specimens sent, all nearer to the Kelaarti than the indica 
type. No doubt, typical examples of these two supposed species 
appear to be very distinct, but as far as I have been able to inves- 
tigate the question, every intermediate link between. the two 
typical forms occur, and occur, moreover, almost all over the 
country ; I am quite unable myself to detect any constant differ- 
ence by which the two species may be separated. 
If we accept size as the criterion, then we shall find some 
of the very smallest birds, not only from Mahabaleshwar and 
Ahmednuggur, but also from Raipoor, Sankhra, and Etawah. 
If on the other hand we take the silver grey, and much black- 
mottled plumage, and the entire absence of rufous as the 
criterion, we shall find Kelaarti not only equal in size to indicus, 
but occurring in Hazara, near Simla, and in the Doab. 
In both species the male has a large, almost terminal, white 
spot on the four exterior laterals on either side, in fact (as there 
are only ten tail feathers altogether), on all but the two centre 
ones. A narrow irregular terminal dark band succeeds to the 
white spot, and Mr. Blyth at one time pointed out as a distinction 
between zndicus and Kelaarti, that this band was much broader 
in the latter than in the former ; but this distinction again will 
not hold good, as some of the largest, and some of the most 
rufous birds will be found, with the terminal bands as broad as 
any of the smallest, and darkest non-rufous specimens. Besides 
the white spot on the tail, the male has a white spot on the 
outer webs of the first three primaries, and on the inner webs 
of the second to the fourth ; the female entirely wants the white 
tail spots, which are not even represented as in the albonotatus 
