• CAPRIMULGUS. 105 



* ^'^\T-?' ^' ^"^1'°?^' Palestine, W. Asia, Africa, Greece, Beloochis- 

 tan, Afghanistan, Persia. In India it occurs as a migrant, passing 

 through the Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Sind, Kutch, Kattiawar, Guzerat, 

 and the Ueccan during winter. 



Cypselus apus, Lin. ; P. E. 542, 1 ; Kmm. vogi. t. 147, 2; Gould. 

 B. Eur. pi. 53, 1; Jerd. B. Ind. p. 177, No. 99; Hume, Str. F. i. 65; 

 Murray, Hdblc., Zool., Sfc, Sind, p. 125.— The Eueopban Swift. 



The whole of the plumage is dark sooty-black, except a greyish 

 white patch on the chin and throat ; bill, legs, toes and claws black ; 

 irides brown ; second primary longest in the wing, which reaches more 

 than an inch beyond the tip of the tail ; tail more forked than in the last. 



Length. — 7 inches, wing 6-25, tail 2-75. 



fi"a6.— Europe, N. and E. Africa, W. Asia. Occurs in Persia, 

 Beloochistan and Afghanistan; also in Sind, the Punjab, N. W. Pro- 

 vinces, Kutch, Kattiawar, and Jodhpore as a migrant. 



Cypselus affinis, Gray, III. Ind. Zool. pi. 35, 2 ; Jerd. B. hid. 

 \. p. 177, No. 100; Str. F. i. 166; Murray, Zool., Sfc, Sind, p. 125.— 

 The Common Indian Swift. 



Upper surface brown-black, darker, and glossed greenish on the back ; 

 head iDrownish, forehead paler ; under surface brownish black ; chin, 

 throat and rump white ; bill black ; feet brownish ; irides deep brown. 



Length. — 5-| to 6 inches, wing 5, extends 1-5 beyond tip of tail, 

 which is 1'75. 



Hah. — Beloochistan, Persia, Afghanistan, Nepaul and Abyssinia. In 

 India very generally distributed. Occurs in Sind, the Punjab, Deccan, 

 Concan, Kutch, Kattia^var, Jodhpore, and N. Guzerat. It is a 

 resident in Sind, and breeds in large colonies under the eaves of roofs 

 and untenanted buildings. Eggs 2 — 4 in number, pure white. 



Family, CAPRIMULGID^.— Goatsuckers. 



Bill short, flat, and broad ; tarsi short ; toes long, hind toe joined to 

 inner at base. 



Sub-Family, CAPRIMULGIN^. 



Bill with bristles at the base; wings long; tail rather long; tarsi 

 short, scaled or plumed; middle toe longest, its claw long and serrated. 



Gen. Caprimulgus. — Lin. 



Nostrilsat side and tubular; 2nd quill longest; tail rounded or forked; 

 tarsi plumed ; hind toe very short. 



Caprimulgus unwinii, Umne, Str. F. iii. p. 407; iv. p. 501; vii. 

 175; viii. 180, 189, 236, 372; ix. 313, 215; Ibis. 1871, i. p. 406; id. 

 1877, pp. 249,250; ilfMrra!/,.^ooL, ^c.jSmc^jp. 125.— Unwin'sNight-Jae. 



This species is a visitant to the province, and has hitherto been 

 found at Hydrabad and in its neighbourhood, also in Beloochistan 

 and Afghanistan, Nepaul, Gilgit, and Persia. Breeds in Afghanistan 

 at Ohaman, where Lt. H. B. Barnes obtained unfledged young birds. It 

 arrives in September and remains till about the end of October, some . 



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