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tlie one brancli on wliich it rests. On one occasion only have I taken 

 the nest from a fork and then it was a stout, very wide-spreading one. 

 The earliest nest I have recorded is the 23rd March, 1889, and the 

 latest the 2ord August, 1891, both containing eggs, so that it would 

 appear that the breeding season is very extended. At the same time 

 I must record that of all my nests of this genus — 13 all together — 11 

 were taken either in late March or early April. In the latter month 

 of 1893 I took no less than five nests containing eggs. 



These latter are usually two in number, rarely only one, and they 

 are all wonderfully alike in size and exactly alike in shape. 



I am sorry to say that several eggs which I have given away I 

 omitted to measure, but the rest measure as follows : — 

 ( 1 ) 1-12" X -71" 

 (2a) 1-07" X -73" 

 (2h) 1-08" X -73" 

 (3*) 1-10" X -69" 

 (36) 1-12" X -69* 

 (4) r09" X -68" 

 (5a) 1-11" X -70" 

 (56) 112" X -70" 

 (6a) 1'09'' X -68" 

 (%) 1-09" X 'QS" 

 That is to say, they vary in length between 1'07" and 1'12" and in 

 breadth between '68" and '73" ; besides these I have one abnormally 

 broad egg which measures "79" in breadth. The average of the ten eggs 

 is I'lO" X '70" about. In shape they are perfect ovals, one egg only, 

 amongst all that I have taken, being somewhat pointed at one end. 



They are, of course, pure white like the eggs of all the genus, and in 

 texture they are much like the barbet's eggs, i.e., beautifully smooth 

 and with a satiny feel to the touch, but at the same time without gloss. 

 They are very fragile. 



Family Caprimulgidce. 



Sub-Family Caprimulgince. 



(460) Caprimulgus albononotds. — The large Jungle Night-jar. 



Hume, No. 109 ; Cat.^ B. Museum, Vol. XVI, p. 540. 

 Hartert gives this form only a subspecific value, and he is undoubt- 

 edly right, although the two types are both met with in North Cachar* 

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