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and the commencement of the monsoon rains in April and May. It lays two eggs in a slight depression m 
sandy ground, beneath the shelter of a shrub; they are of a buff ground- colour, and very sparseiy spotted 
with Very dark sepia-brown, rather roundish blots. I have seen several eggs, and have not detected any of t 
streaky markings peculiar to those of other Nightjars. I unfortunately have no data of the size of this 
Nightjar’s eggs, a! I omitted to measure those which I examined m Mr. MacYicar s collection they are, 
however considerably larger than those of the next species, measuring, according to Layard 14 lines by 
n lines.’’ The dimensions given by Mr. Hume of a pair of eggs from the Nilghins, viz. M3 inch by 0 /2, 
and l'Ol by O' 74, are, I am sure, inferior to those of Ceylonese birds. 
