806 JOURNAL, BOMBAl NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXVIll. 
No. XI.— NOTE ON NIGHTJARS IN THE CENTRAL PROVINCES. 
With reference to Mr. B. B. Osmaston’s notes on Indian Nightjars I am able 
to supply the following authentic instances of Nightjars in the Central Pro- 
vinces. The specimens themselves are all available for examination in the 
Nagpur Museum: — 
Franklin’s Nightjar (C. monticola.) 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
Date. 
767 
$ 
Mouth of Tawa R. near Hoshangabad 
25-1-1918 
807 
? 
Gothangaon, Bhandara District 
3-5-1920 
27 
6 
Nagpur 
16-3-1911 
74 
? 
16-5-1911 
626 
6 
ii • • •• •• •• 
15-6-1914 
402 
$ 
>> •• .. •• •. 
22-8-1912 
616 
s 
>» . . . . • • • . 
29-8-1913 
788 
6 
Nagbhir, Chanda District 
13-12-1918 
Common Indian Nightjar (C. asiaticus.) 
307 
Sawargaon, Chanda District . . 
17-3-1912 
781 
$ 
Nagbhir, Chanda District 
12-12-1918 
753 
9 
Kampa, Chanda District 
16-12-1917 
756 
9 
»> >> • • • • 
18-12-1917 
757 
9 
>> >> • • • • 
19-12-1917 
Horsfield’s Nightjar (C. macrurus.) 
259 
9 
Sumnapur, Baihar Tahsil, Balaghat 
16-1-1912 
District. 
We have a clutch of C. asiaticus from Saugor and there is a clutch from the 
Bilaspur District sent in as belonging to the Jungle Nightjar by Mr. Dunbar 
Brander. 
Clutches of C. monticola have been taken by Mr. D. MacArthur in the Nagpur 
and adjacent Districts. 
C. monticola, which is the common species at Nagpur, has a pecidiar call re- 
sembling “ wakh, wakh, — wakh wakhoo”. Whether this call is uttered in the 
breeding- season only I am not quite sure. 
E. A. D’ABREU. 
Central Museum, Nagpur. 
23rd January 1922. 
