Birds of Celebes: Ca-primulgidae. 
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112; (5) Rosenb., Malay. Archip. 1878, 271; (6) W. Bias., J. f. 0. 1883, 136; (7) 
Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 549; (8) Tristr., Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 114; (9) Hartert, Cat. 
B. XVI, 1892, 605; (10) M. & Wg., Abh. M. Dr. 1895, Xr. 8, p. 8; (11) iid., ib. 1896, 
Xr. 1, p. 5; (XII) Meyer, Vogelsk. 1897, pi. CCXID; (13) Hart., Tierr. 1897,1, 25. 
a. Oaprimulgus macropterus (1) Scbl., Hancll. cl. Dierk. 1857, I, 223; (2) Finsch, Xeu-Guinea 
1866, 162. 
“Tulio”, ? Gorontalo, Bosenb. 5. 
“Trio”, Gorontalo Distr. (or Minahassa), Guillem. 7. 
“Kokotaka”, Minahassa, Xat. Coll. 
“Burong malas”, Malay, iid. 
“Burong malam” (Evening-bird), Malay, Manado, Meyer MS. 
Figure and descriptions. Meyer XII (skel.); Bonaparte 7; Hartert 9. 
Adult [nearly]. General colour above brownish black, more dusky on the wings, the whole 
varied with cinnamon and light tawny-olive ; entire head above very finely vermiculated 
with black and russet, marked with large scattered shield-shaped spots of sooty black 
narrowly bordered with russet; behind the head the feathers broadly fringed with 
tawny-olive, forming a collar; hind neck, mantle and middle of back sooty black, 
somewhat vermiculated with cinnamon on the mantle and back; rump, upper tail- 
coverts and tail more strongly speckled and vermiculated with cinnamon, five or six 
narrow broken bars of which colour are discernible on the tail ; on the scapulars and 
inner quills the cinnamon tint prevails over the black, scapulars marked with some 
large shield -shaped spots of black; quills dusky, speckled with tawny-olive in the 
form of ill-defined bars; upper wing-coverts speckled with russet; superciliary 
region, ear-coverts, malar region and chin, black, barred with russet; across 
the throat a broad white band; upper breast and sides of neck black, the 
feathers fringed with russet; below this a broad band of almost clear cinnnamon; 
remaining under parts cinnamon, brokenly barred and speckled with black, the 
bars being well formed on the flanks; under wing-coverts barred with blackish 
and cinnamon (near Tondano, Aug. — Sept. 1892, Xat. Coll. — C 10794), Iris brown; 
bill reddish brown; feet clear brown (Guillem. 7). 
Variation. The species varies considerably; in six other specimens before us the cinnamon 
bars on the tail are much broader and better defined than in that described, and the 
upper surface paler — more or less. One specimen (0 12868) is almost entirely 
without spots on the croAvn; this is perhaps the oldest. The white patch on the 
throat also varies in extent. 
Sexes. Apparently similar. 
Measurements (7 specimens). Wing 252 — 262 mm; tail 151 — 161; bill from nostril 7—8; 
tarsus 17.5 ca. 
Egg. “On 4*^ April, 1895, a hunter brought us in Tomohon a female and a completely 
smashed egg, which he had found lying simply on the ground. The fragments showed 
a reddish white colour with rather dark red-brown spots” (P. & F. Sarasin 7/). 
Distribution. Celebes, Xorthern Peninsula: — Minahassa (Wallace 2, 9, v. Musschen- 
broek, etc.), Gorontalo Distr. (Eiedel, Mus. Dresd., Guillemard 7). 
Mr. Wallace speaks of this species as abundant about Manado, where it 
appears soon after sunset, chasing insects with rapid evolutions. Guillemard 
found it especially plentiful near Likoupang on the north coast, and v. Rosenberg, 
whose notes have special reference to Gorontalo, mentions it as very common, 
particularly by river-banks. Nevertheless it has escaped many collectors, and 
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