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wing ; but then pretty well every intermediate shade of coloring 

 and size of wing may be met with in Eastern India ; and here, 

 in the Thayetmyo District, side by side on the Western Pegu 

 Hills, we find typical albouotatus, at least so far as coloration 

 goes, with a wing 8*4, and the little dark-colored macrurus 

 with a wing only 7' 7 inches, both being adult males ; and we have 

 other birds, as from Tipperah and even from Thayetmyo, which 

 might be assigned to either race. Certainly Dr. Jerdon's di- 

 agnosis of there being no mottlings on the tips of the primaries 

 will not assist us, since I find these on a typical macrurus from 

 Malacca. 



110.— Caprimulgus macrurus, Horsf. 



Captain Feilden sent two specimens, typical as to color, but 

 rather larger than the Malayan macrurus. The males with wings 

 8 inches; females with wings 7 ' 7 5 . He says : " I only found 

 this in dense Bamboo jungles in the valleys." 



Mr. Oates sends a thoroughly typical macrurus from the Western 

 Pegu Hills, of which he gives the following dimensions : — 



Male: Length, 11*9; expanse, 23*6; tail, from vent, 6; 

 wing, 7*75. 



Captain Feilden further remarks : " This bird closes its eyes 

 whilst seated on its eggs ; this must be a great protection from 

 Hawks, as its great eyes are the most conspicuous things about 

 it. The first time I saw this I thought the bird was dead, and 

 stooped to pick it up, nearly touching it before it rose." 



112- Caprimulgus asiaticus, Lath. 



Mr. Oates says that this species " is common in the plains, but 

 is not found on the hills. A male measured — 



"Length, 9*1; expanse, 18; tail, from vent, 4*4; wing, 

 6 - l ; bill, from gape, 1*12 ; tarsus, 0'72. 



" The edges of the eyelids were pale buff ; the irides, brown ; 

 the bill, flesh colored at the base, with a reddish tinge on the 

 upper mandible ; the tip, dark brown ; feet, pinkish brown ; 

 claws, horny." 



Only one specimen was sent, and that is a good deal darker in 

 tint than is usual in Continental Indian specimens ; but I do not 

 think it is separable. 



114— Caprimulgus monticolus, Frankl. 



Captain Feilden sent me one specimen of this species, which 

 he said was the only one he had seen, and which he had obtained 

 on the top of one of the highest spurs of the Eastern Pegu 

 Hills. This species occurs also much further south, at Amherst 

 for instance. 



