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forming a broad band across tbeir centres ; outermost tail- 
feather barred with black and fulvous on the upper two- 
thirds of its outer web and mottled with grey and dusky on 
its lower third, inner web mottled with grey and dusky, 
becoming fulvous on the margin, and buff and less mottled 
near the tip ; next rectrix similar, but darker; chin, throat, 
and breast a fine mixture of fulvous and black, with white 
spots on the throat and buff and fulvous spots on the breast ; 
abdomen and thighs pale fulvous, somewhat finely barred 
with dusky black ; under tail-coverts similar, but with the 
bars fewer or absent. Wing 6’6 inches, tail 4*1, tarsus 0 8. 
It is not an easy specimen to describe, but, speaking 
generally, the upper parts are grey (dusky on the back and 
head, ashy and more variegated on the coverts, tertials, and 
tail), while the brightly coloured bars of black and fulvous 
on the greater wing-coverts, secondaries, and primaries form 
a striking feature in its plumage—a feature, however, to 
which no prominence is given in the descriptions of the male 
accessible to me. It chiefly differs from the male in the 
entire absence of white on the two outer pairs of tail-feathers, 
and in having the broad band across the centre of the 
outer primaries white and buff in almost equal proportions, 
as against pure white in the male. 
I was much puzzled with this undescribed specimen, and 
being unable to arrive at a satisfactory decision as to its 
determination, I sought the aid of Mr. Hartert, a recognized 
authority on the Caprimulgidse, who kindly examined the 
bird and solved the question as to its identity. 
Although Graves Philippine Nightjar is an uncommon 
bird, yet it is somewhat strange that males only should have 
been obtained during the forty years that have elapsed since 
the species was described. The late Mr. Whitehead found 
its eggs in Luzon, and tells us (Ibis, 1898, p. 246) that both 
birds were present at the time, and were identified beyond 
a doubt. This Nightjar is new to the avifauna of Negros, 
having hitherto been recorded only for the islands of Luzon 
and Catanduanes. 
