66 CAPEIMULGIDiE. 



pale olive-brown and lavender-grey. On some specimens the 

 markings of the former colour are so pale as to be hardly noticeable. 

 Specimens measure from 1-08 to 1-21 in length, and from -75 to 

 •85 in breadth. 



2. EastemNarra, Sind (<S. Doj». Hume Coll. 



2. Eastern Narra, 18th Feb. {S. D.). Hume Coll. 



2. Eastern Narra, 20th Feb. (-S. D.). Hume Coll. 



2. Eastern Narra, 20th Feb. (S. D.). Hume Coll. 



1. Eastern Narra, 21et Feb. (S. D.). Hume Coll. 



2. Eastern Narra, 22nd Feb. (S. D.). Hume Coll. 



3. Eastern Narra, 23rd Feb. (S. D.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Eastern Narra, -'^rd April {S. 1).). Hume Coll. 

 1. Eastern Narea, 2Dd May (S. B.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Eastern Narra, 22nd .Tulv {S. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Eastern Narra, 25th July (.9. I).). Hume Coll. 



2. Eastern Narra, May {JH. A. Butler). Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Eastern Narra, 10th Feb. (S. Boiff : Crowley Bequest. 



Field Coll.). 



Caprimulgus aegyptius, Licht. 



Caprimulgus i.«abellinus, Koeniq- Warth. J. f. 0. 1868, p. 366 ; Seugl. Vog. 



N.O.-Afr. tab. xliji. fig. S' (1873). 

 Caprimulgus asgyptius, Bresser, B. Eur. iv. p. 629 (1881) ; Seebohm, Brit. 



Birds, ii. p. 315 (1884) ; Hartert, Cat. Birds B. 31. xvi. p. 562 



(1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 86 (1900). 



The eggs of the Egyptian Nightjar in the Collection are not 

 separable from many of the eggs of C. europceMs, described below. 

 They are ashy white, marked with )'ellowish brown and lavender- 

 grej', and measure respectively: 1"19 by -8; 1"17 by "81. 



2. Damietta, Egypt, 17th May {Field Cro.wley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



Caprimulgus asiaticus, Lath. 



Caprimulgus asiaticus, Beavan, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 375 ; Zegffe, Birds Ceylon, 

 p. 343 (1878) ; Barnes, Journ. Bomb. Kat. Hist. Soc. iv. p. 7, pi. — . 

 fig. 112 (1889) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 48 

 (1890) ; Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 558 (1802) ; Blanf. Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 186 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 86 (1900). 



The eggs of the Common Indian Nightjar exhibit a considerable 

 amount of gloss, and are of a pale salmon-pink colour, blotched, 

 smeared, and occasionally spotted with brown and purplish grey. 

 Tllte brown markings on many specimens are tinged with red, on 

 others with purple. Examples measure from -97 to 1-15 in length, 

 and from -71 to '83 in breadth. 



2. India. Crowley Bequest. 



3. India. Hume Coll. 



2. Sambhur, Eajputana, 27th April Hume Coll. 



(R. M. Adam). 



3. Iloshungabad, C. I'rovs., 22nd July. Hume Coll. 



