CAPHIM ULCUS. 69 



Caprimulgus ambiguus, Ilartert. 

 (Plate I. fig. 4.) 



Caprimulgus macrums, Oates ed. Hume, Nests S,- Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. 



p. 45 (1890) ; HarteH, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 537, part. (1892) ; 



Blanf. Fauna Brit, Ind., Birds, iii. p. 189, part. (1895) ; Buthi; 



Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soo. xii. p. 423 (1899). 

 Caprimulgus ambiguus, HarteH, This, 1896, p. 373 : Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. 



p. 87(1900). 



The eggs of the Malay Kightjar resemble those of 0. macrurus, 

 but the ground is rather darker in colour and in some cases tinged 

 with pink. They measure from 1-13 to 1-26 in length, and from 

 •86 to -92 in breadth. 



2, Tenasserim, 15tli March. Hume Coll. 



2. Thoungyin River, Tenasserim, 1.5th Hume Coll. 



March- (C T. Bingham). 

 2. Thoungyin River, 18th March Hume Coll. 



( C. T. B.). 

 2. Thoungyin River, 19th April Hume Coll. 



^ (C.r.B.). 

 2. Kossoom, Malay Peninsula, 29th Hume Coll. 



April. 



2. Salang, Malay Peninsula, 25th Hume Coll. 



M^arch 



3. Singapore, 18th Dec. II. N. Ridley, Esq. [P.]. 



Caprimulgus albinotatus, Tick. 

 (Plate I. figs. 1 & 2.) 



Caprimulgu.i albinotatus, Beavan, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 375 ; Outes ed. Hume, 

 Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 43 (1890) ; Hartert, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xvi. p. 540 (1892); Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 87 (1900). 



Caprimulgus macrurus, apud Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 188, 

 part. (1895). 



The eggs of the Bengal Nightjar are of three types. In one the 

 eggs resemble those of C. macrurus. In another they also resemble 

 the eggs of O. macrurus, hut they have the ground-colour decidedly 

 tinged with salmon-pink. In a third type the ground-colour is 

 greyish white, and this is finely spotted and blotched with lavender- 

 grey and very p^le brown, closely resembling the common type of 

 the egg of G. europceus. Specimens measure from I'l to 1'3 in 

 length, and from "88 to "92 in breadth. 



1. Dhurumsala, Kashmir, 31st March Hume Coll. 

 (C. M. Cock). 



1. Kotgurh, Himalayas, 15th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Mussoori, 19th April (T. Hutton). Hume Coll. 

 2. Mussoori ( T. H.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Jerripani, Mussoori (7". H.). Hume Coll. 



1. Kum-aon. Hume Coll. 



2. Sikhim Terai, 14th April. Hume Coll. 



2. Maunbhoom, Bengal (iJ. C..ffeat)«fft). Salvin-Godman tJoll. 



