596 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



VOL. 48. 



bears two labels. The older, and probably original one of these is a 

 manuscript label and reads: 



Caprimulgus bimaculata 



Malacca 14583 Peale 



U S Ex Ex 



The later label, used on the stand when the bird was part of a 

 mounted museum exhibit, is the regular large partly printed label 

 found on all the United States Exploring Expedition specimens, and 

 is as follows: 1 





U.S. 



Expl. Exped. Capt. C. Wilkes, U. S. 



N. 









14583. Caprimulgus albonotatus, TicJcell. 













The White-spotted Goatsucker. 









P. 504. 











C. 385. 



Obt'ed at Singapore. 





T. 



R 



. Peale. 



Furthermore, the specimen itself, which is in a good state of preser- 

 vation, is clearly an example of the form from the Malay Peninsula, 

 not of Caprimulgus macrurus anamesus from Singapore, as the 

 measurements given below indicate. There seems to be no doubt, 

 therefore, that the type-specimen of Peale's Caprimulgus bimaculatu-s 

 really came from Malacca, and that, consequently, the statement that 

 it was obtained at Singapore 2 is an error, or, more probably, a lapsus 

 of pen or memory. 



Measurements of specimens of Caprimulgus macrurus bimaculatus. 













" 







_!. 



































o 







O 





Museum and No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 







T3 S 



C Si 















— 



i£ 





6 H 



3 















P| 



— 



— 



a 













o 



j£ 



a 



X 



a 













Eh 



C" 



H 



H 













mm. 



mm. 



mm. 



mm. 



mm. 



U.S. N.M. 180366 *. 



Male.... 



Telok Be- 



Mar. 1,1904 



W. L. Ab- 310 



193 



161 



11.5 



15 







sar, Ten- 





bott. 

















asserim, 





















Burma. 

















U.S.X.M. 180367*. 



...do 



do 



do 



do 295 



204 



160 



11 



16.5 



U.S.X.M. 160169*. 



...do.... 



Trong,Low- 

 er Siam. 



Dec. 19,1896 



do 285.8 



192 



153.5 



10.5 



16 



U.S.X.M. 169757*. 



...do.... 



do 



Jan. 28,1899 



do 1279.4 



191 



135 



10 



16.5 



U.S.X.M. 160168*. 



...do.... 



:...do 



Sept. 6,1896 



do i285.8 



193 



146 



9.5 



15.5 



U.S.X.M. 153695*. 



...do.... 



do 



Mar. 13,1896 



do 



292.1 



193 



144 



10 



17 



U.S.X.M. 169756*. 



...do.... 



do 



Jan. 5, 1899 



do 



279.4 



190 



148 



10 



16 



U.S.X.M. 14583 *. . 



[Male]... 



Malacca, Ma- 

 lay Penin- 





T. R. Peale.. 





192 



151 



9 



17 



















insula. 5 















U.S.X.M. 153696*. 



Female . 



Trong,Low- j Mar. 24, 1896 

 er Siam. ! 



W. L. Ab- 

 bott. 



279.4 



192 



145 



11 



15.5 



U.S.X.M. 153697*. 



...do.... 



do Apr. 14,1896 



do 292.1 



199 



150 



10.5 



16.5 



M.C.Z. 62037* 



...do.... 



Mongtsz, Dec. 4,1910 



Kobayashi . . ! 



192 



142 



9.5 



16 







Yunnan, j 

















China. 













1 The portions in italics were inserted with a pen. 



- U. S. Expl. Exp., vol. 8, Mamm. and Ornith., 1848, p. 170. 



3 Measured in the flesh by the collector. 



* Used in measurement averages on p. 595. 



s Type. 



