no. 2088. RACES OF CAPRIMULGUS MACRURUS— OBERHOLSER. 



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CAPRIMULGUS MACRURUS ALBONOTATUS Tickell. 



Caprimulgus albonotatus Tickell, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 2, 1833, p. 580 

 (Dampara, in Dholbhiim, Bengal, India). 



Chars, subsp. — Resembling Caprimulgus macrurus bimaculatus, but 

 decidedly larger; ground color of upper parts lighter, more buffy or 

 ochraceous; streaking on the crown less extensive, more confined to 

 the median portion. 



Measurements. — Male: * Wing, 208 mm.; tail, 173; exposed cul- 

 men, 11.7; tarsus, 16. 



Female: 2 Wing, 204-214 (average, 209) mm.; tail, 156-162 (159); 

 exposed culmen, 10; tarsus, 18-18.5 (18.3). 



Type-locality. — Dampara, in Dholbhum, Bengal, India. 



Geographical distribution. — Northeastern India: North to the North- 

 western Provinces ; west to Simla and the central Provinces (Raipur) ; 

 south to Raipur, Chota Nagpur, and Bengal; and east to Bengal. 



Remarks. — There seems to be little doubt that this bird is, as noted 

 by Doctor Hartert, 3 a subspecies of Caprimulgus macrurus. It is 

 readily distinguishable from all the other forms of the species, except- 

 ing Caprimulgus macrurus nipalensis, by its very large size. As in 

 other forms of the species, there are two color phases in Caprimulgus 

 macrurus albonotatus, though they are not so strongly marked as in 

 Caprimulgus macrurus macrurus. One is rather dark with a more 

 brownish or grayish tone both above and below, the other is decidedly 

 lighter and more rufescent throughout. 



Measurements 



of specimens of Caprimulgus 



macrurus albonotatus. 







Museum and No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



.a 



'3 



Ho 



w 



03 



A.N.S.Phila. 21849 4 



Male 



Female 

 [Female] 



India 







mm. 

 208 

 214 

 204 



mm. 

 173 

 156 

 162 



mm. 

 11.7 

 10 



mm. 

 16 



A.N.S.Phila. 21850 4 



do 







18 



A.N.S.Phila. 21848 < 



do 







18.5 













4 Used in measurement averages on p. 597. 

 CAPRIMULGUS MACRURUS NIPALENSIS Hartert. 



C[aprimulgus]. nipalensis Hodgson, in Gray's Zool. Misc., No. 3, 1844, p. 82 



(nomen nudum). 

 C[aprimulgus], nipalensis Hartert, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. 16, 1892, p. 541 



(Hodgson MS.) (Nepal). 

 C[aprimulgus\. macrurus nipalensis Hartert, Ibis, 1896, p. 373 (Hodgson MS.) 



(Nepal and the Western Himalayas). 



Chars, subsp. — Similar to Caprimulgus macrurus albonotatus, but 

 dark markings above bolder and more distinct; head more grayish; 

 lower parts less rufescent, and more strongly barred. 



1 One specimen, from India. 

 * Two specimens, from India. 

 « Ibis, 1896, p. 372. 



