196 Mr. W. R. Osilvie-G-rant 07i Birds 



Family CAPRIMULaiD^. 



Caprimulgus macrums. 



Caprimulgus macrurus Hartert, Cat. xvi. p. 537 (1892) ; 

 van Oort, p. 81 (1909) ; id. Notes, xxxii. p. 81 (1910) ; 

 Ogilvie-Grant, P. & P. p. 284 (1912) ; id. Ibis, 1913, 

 p. 95; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 491 (1913). 



a. ? imm. Mouth o£ the Mimika River, 3rd Dec. 1910. 

 [No. 43, C. H. B. G.I 



b,c. <S ?• Wakatimi, Mimika River, May 1910. [IF- 

 G.] 



d. $. Parimau, Mimika River, 15th Nov. 1910. [No. 

 1518, G. C. S.] 



e. 9 . White Water Camp, Kapare River, 18th Oct. 1910. 

 [No. 330, C.B.B.G.] 



f-k. S ? • Wataikwa River, 18th Sept.-9th Oct. 1910. 

 [Nos. 1176, 1185, 1205, 1332, 1333, G. C. S.] 



Iris brown; bill sooty- brown or blackish; feet light 

 brownish-flesh-colour or pinkish- brown. 



This series of the Large-tailed Nightjar does not differ in 

 any way from typical examples from Java. 



Mr. Goodfellow says that this was the common Nightjar of 

 the Mimika district and was found along the shingly banks of 

 the rivers. After the ground had been cleared for the base- 

 camp at Wakatimi it was visited every evening by a number 

 of Nightjars, which no doubt found such a large open space 

 an admirable hunting-ground. The members of the Expe- 

 dition derived great pleasure from watching their graceful 

 evolutions. 



Mr. Claude Grant found it tolerably plentiful on the large 

 rivers, where the wide expanses of shingle afforded good 

 hunting-grounds. It was always to be found resting on the 

 ground or on the top of some large rock, its habits being 

 similar to those of other Goatsuckers. It has a drumming 

 alarm-note. 



