580 List of Birds, collected in the Jungles [Nov. 
and base space round eyes orange; eyes grey, feet horn ; head and 
neck as far as breast, and back, brown with light shafts; the feathers 
narrow and pointed; rest bright green, pale on belly. 
52. Trocon Dvuvavucentit. Duvaucel’s Curucui, Vaillant. This 
most elegant subject is described in Cuvier. The solitary specimen 
seen was killed near Dampara, Dholbhum. It frequents the thickest 
jungle at the bottom of ravines and dried rocky nalas, flying from 
tree to tree, with a wild querulous note, like the mewing of a cat. It 
pursues and catches insects on the wing, like the Muscicape: the 
stomach of the present specimen was crammed with them. The bright 
and glowing colors of this bird seem little suited to the gloomy depths 
which are itsresort. Those abodes of everlasting shade, where the 
meridian sun barely penetrates, overhanging arches of vegetation, and 
which are inhabited by undisturbed flocks of bats, owls, and night-jars, 
afford a striking exception to the general rules of nature, which has 
clothed in sombre garbs ‘‘ the birds that shun the light,’’ by har- 
bouring so beautiful a tenant as the Curucut. 
. 58.  Caprimuteus Axsonoratus. Dampdra Night-jar, T. Male 
and female alike, larger than the common English night-jar, which it 
closely resembles ; the plumage is greyer however, and it is distinguish- 
ed by a large patch of white on the neck, two or three on the tertials, 
and on the outer feathers of the tail. It is extremely common in the 
jungles, keeping in thickets during the day, and coming out as evening 
sets in, to the open parts, grass plains, and khéts, which it skims over 
with a low silent flight. When on the wing it emits a low chirp, some- 
thing like a sparrow. It has another and very peculiar note, when 
seated on the top of some decayed tree, and which on a calm night may 
be heard for a mile, sounding as if some one was striking a plank with 
a hammer deliberately. 
54. Hrrunpo Coronata. Dhudka Swallow, T. (H. Cristata of Le 
Vaillant?) Male. Length 8 inches, 1 ft. 1 across the wings; cheeks 
and base of lower mandible chesnut ; from eye to bill, black space; head 
adorned with a pointed, erectile crest, of a bluish clear grey, as are the 
upper parts ; breast and belly do. paler ; wings and tail glossy black with 
green reflections ; eyes, legs, and bill dark. The female has a smaller 
crest, and instead of the chesnut mark on the face, a black patch, bor- 
dered below with a white line. They fly in large flocks, but are partially 
met with hovering over the marshy spaces in the jungles. The note 
resembles the monotonous “‘ kia, kia’’ of the parrot. They disappear in 
those regions by the end of March, but I never could trace the direc- 
tion of their flight. . 
