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simply consists of a slight depression in the ground, usually in low 

 thick tamarisk-jungle on Iculher (salt) ground. The eggs, two in 

 number, remind one more of the eggs of Pterocles exustus than any 

 other eggs I know, but the markings are of a more marbled 

 character. The ground-colour is greyish white, blotched, or per- 

 haps marbled would be a better word, with primary markings of 

 greyish or greenish olive, and secondary markings of pale inky 

 grey. Some eggs are much more distinctly marked than others, 

 but they all fade to a certain extent after they are blown. 



" Mr. Doig had fresh eggs brought to him also on the 22nd and 

 28th June." 



Mr. Scrope Doig writes from the Eastern Narra in Sind : — 

 "This Nightjar is the only permanent resident of the genus in 

 these districts ; G. unwini appears in September, as a migrant, 

 but stays for a very short period. The eggs of C. mahrattmsis are 

 always two in number, of a light pale stone ground-colour, with 

 large blotches of neutral tint ; these latter fade considerably after 

 the egg is blown. The nest, which is merely a slight hollow 

 scraped in the ground, is nearly always situated on a bare piece of 

 hulher ground, sometimes under a small bunch of grass, at others 

 under a dry bramble, or at times right out in the open without 

 any attempt at concealment. The size of the eggs varies from 1"1 

 to 1'2 in length, and from 0-75 to 0-85 in breadth, the average of 

 twelve eggs being 1'13 in length and 0'8 in width." 



He adds ; — " On the 20tk November, 1878, one of my men 

 said he found a nest containing two eggs of this Nightjar, but that 

 unfortunately, while crossing a bit of salt ground, he fell and 

 broke them. The same man has before got me eggs of this bird, 

 so that J conclude he really got them. It seems an unusual time 

 for them to be breeding." 



The eggs of this species are moderately elongated ovals, less 

 cylindrical than those of many of its congeners, and more or less 

 pointed towards the small end. The shell is extremely fine and 

 smooth, and has a decided gloss ; the ground-colour is greyish 

 white, marbled and blotched with very pale grey or greyish Idac, 

 and over this more or less spotted and blotched with pale sepia- 

 brown, in some cases extremely pale and with the least possible 

 oU'iaceous tinge. 



The extent and intensity of these primary brown markings vary 

 very much in eA-ery specimen ; they are pale in all, but in some 

 they are barely traceable. In some eggs the grey markings occupy 

 the greater portion of the surface of the egg, in others the ground- 

 colour has the faintest ivory tinge. 



Numerous eggs measure from 1-08 to 1-21 in length by 0-76 to 

 0-85 in breadth. 



