CATALOGUE. 
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n^. CAPRIMULGU8 INDICU&, Lath. 
Caprimulgus indicus, Lath., Ind. Orn. II. p. 588. Jerd., 
III. Ind. Orn. t. 24. G. Sf H., III. Ind. Zool. I. 
t. 34, / I. G.B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 48 ; 
Cat. B. Brit. Mus. II. p. 7. Hodgs., Cat. B. Nep. 
p. 53. Blyth, Journ. A. S. Beng. XIV. p. 208. 
Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 82. Bonap., C. G. 
Av. p. 60. 
Caprimulgus cinerasceus, Vieill., JV. Diet. d^Hist. Nat. 
X. p. 283. 
Caprimulgus saturatior, Hodgs. Gray, Zool. Misc. 
(1844), 82. 
Caprimulgus innotatus, Hodgs. (juv.) 
The Large Indian Goatsucker. 
As Kappei Gadoo, Telinga, Jerd. 
a. b. c. Kumaon. From Captain E. Strachey's Collection. 
d. Malacca. Presented by W. Griffith, Esq. 
e. Drawing. From Dr. F. (B.) Hamilton's Collection. 
" This fine Nightjar has been found dispersed, though sparingly, 
over all India, and has even a still more geographical distribution. I 
procured specimens from the Neilgherries and the Deccan, the "West 
Coast, and even the Carnatic; but it is by no means a common species. 
It affects chiefly the more wooded portions of the country, being 
usually found, and more common, in forests than in the open 
country, and here frequenting only shady gardens and large groves. 
On the Neilgherries, it remains during the day in the dense woods, 
issuing from them about sunset, and then coming into the open 
ground, ^nd perching on stones and trees, and from thence pursuing 
its prey. It is now and then flushed from the woods when beating 
for woodcocks and other game, and more than one have fallen be- 
neath the gun of the inexperienced sportsman, its extent of wing and 
lazy flapping having caused it to be mistaken for the woodcock. Its 
flight is at times very rapid and noiseless, performed with but few 
vibrations of its wings. When roused in the daytime, it flies (like 
others of the genus) but a short distance, and then suddenly alights, 
and squats close to the ground, never that I know perching in the 
daytime. When hunting, it often alights on a branch, usually sitting 
in the direction of the branch, and not across it, its feet being not 
adapted for grasping firmly. The note of this Nightjar, though 
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