CAPRIMULGIN^. 195 



The LA.RGE Bengal Night- jae. 



Pescr. — Crown and tertiaries cinerascent, minutely mottled 

 tod marked with a stripe of black dashes along the middle of the 

 crown ; upper range of scapularies black, more developed in the 

 tnale, and bordered more broadly externally with rufescent-white • 

 a broad white patch in front of the neck, as in several allied 

 Species ; a double spot, or interrupted band of white on both 

 webs of the first four primaries, contracted and rufescent in the 

 female ; two outer tail-feathers broadly tipped with white in the 

 male, tinged with fulvous, or rufescent, in the female ; rictorial 

 bristles white at the base, black^tipped. Altogether the females 

 are usually paler, more brown, and less ashy than the males. 



Length 13 inches; wing 9; extent 25; tail 7, exceeding the 

 wing by 2. 



This fine Night-jar is found in the forests of India, extendino' 

 into Bengal, and to the lower hills of the Himalayas. Tickell 

 states that it is common in the jungles of Central India, skimming 

 over the open parts with a low silent flight. It is not uncommon 

 about Calcutta in gardens and shady spots. I have flushed it in 

 the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, and seen it in the Sikim Terai, 

 but have not myself observed it elsewhere. Its call is like the 

 striking a plank with a hammer, and it has also a low chirp, some- 

 times emitted on the wing. Hutton says that it is a summer visi- 

 tant at Mussooree, and lays two eggs of a rich cream- white colour, 

 or fleshy clay, with patches of a darker brown-red, in April. 



110. Caprimulgus macrourus, Horsfield. 



Blyth, Cat. 412— Horse., Cat. 132— GoUld, Birds of Austra- 

 lia, 2 pi. 9. 



The Malay Night-jar. 



Descr. — IMales have the crown and nape dark brownish-ashy^ 

 minutely mottled with black dashes along the crown ; the rufous 

 white margins of the scapulars and wings are narrower than in 

 albonotatus and atripennis ; the breast and fore-part of the abdomen 

 are dark, contrasting strongly with the light bufFy tint of the hind 

 part of the belly, vent, and lower tail-coverts, which last tend to 



