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9. Alcedo bengalensis, Gmelin. 



Alcedo bengalensis, Salvad. Orn. della Pap. vol. i. p. 407 ; Shaipe, 

 Moiiogr. Alced. pi. 2 ; G. R. Gr. Haiid-1. i. p. 95, sp. 1152. 



Hab. From the Red Sea to China and Japan. Sumbawa 

 {Guillemard); Flores (Wallace) ; Timor (S. Mailer). 



a. (S . Sumbawa. 



Iris browu ; bill entirely black (5-Ocentitns.) ; feet orange-red. 



10. Sauropatis chloris (Boddaert). 



Sauropatis chloris, Salvad. Orn. della Pap. vol. i. p. 470 ; id. 

 Ucc. di Born. p. 103. 



Halcyon chloris, Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. pi. 89. 



Hab. Generally distributed from the Red Sea to Nevr Ireland. 

 Java (Horsjield), Lombuk, Flores, Solor, and Timor (Wallace); 

 Sumbawa (Guillemard). 



a, b. Sumbawa. 



Iris brown ; bill black, base of lower mandible yellowish white ; 

 tarsus black. 



11. Caprimulgus macrurus, Horsfield. 



Caprimulgus macrurus, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 142 (1821) ; 

 G. R. Gr. Hand-1. i. p. 57, sp. 633 ; Salvad. Orn. della Pap. i. p. 528. 



Hab. India, Malay peninsula, Philippines, Moluccas, New Guinea, 

 New Britain, Sumatra, Java (Bernstein) ; Lombok and Timor 

 (Wallace) ; Sumbawa (Guillemard). 



a. S • Bima, Sumbawa. 



Iris browu ; bill flesh-coloured, black at tip ; feet dull flesh- 

 coloured. Length of wing 18*8. 



12. Caprimulgus affinis, Horsfield. 



Caprimulgus affinis, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc, xiii. p. 142 (1821) ; 

 G. R. Gr. Hand-1. i. ]). 57, sp. 635 ; Salvad. Ucc. di Born. p. 115. 



Hab. Borneo, Sumatra, Celebes, Java (Horsjield) ; Timor, 

 Lombok (Wallace) ; Sumbawa (Guillemard). 



a-c. Bima, Sumbawa. 



Iris brown ; bill brown, black at tip ; feet brown. Length 22*0 

 centims. ; wing 15"6-16"2 centiras. 



At the beginning of the mouth of August great numbers of Night- 

 jars were to be found at dusk hawking over the dry padi fields in the 

 neighbourhood of Bima. Some belonged to the preceding species, 

 but the great majority, I believe, to the present. In no other part 

 of the world havi I seen birds of this genus in such abundance. 



13. Centrococcyx affinis (Horsfield). 



Centrococcyx affinis, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 180 (1821) ; 

 Wald. Tr. Z. S. vol. viii. pt. 2, p. 56. 



Hab. Celebes (Wallace); Java (Horsfield); Lombok, Flores, 

 and Timor (Wallace) ; Sumbawa (Guillemard). 

 a. Labuan-penakan, Sumbawa. 



