. The royal natural history. ubject, Mr. K. Thompsonobserves that it is not in thehigh or deep forest that the birdbreeds, but in scattered jungle,usually covering low stony hillsand ridges. The nest in thisparticular case was in a tree quiteby itself, with only a few othersin the neighbourhood scatteredabout here and there. M3 attentionwas directed to the male bird, whowas trying his best to dislodge adove from a tree near to the one on which I ultimately found the nest. Iknew that there must be a nest somewhere near, and soon caught sight of thefemale sitting transversely across a thin dead
. The royal natural history. ubject, Mr. K. Thompsonobserves that it is not in thehigh or deep forest that the birdbreeds, but in scattered jungle,usually covering low stony hillsand ridges. The nest in thisparticular case was in a tree quiteby itself, with only a few othersin the neighbourhood scatteredabout here and there. M3 attentionwas directed to the male bird, whowas trying his best to dislodge adove from a tree near to the one on which I ultimately found the nest. Iknew that there must be a nest somewhere near, and soon caught sight of thefemale sitting transversely across a thin dead bough, the tiny nest, glued on tothe side of this branch, being as usual scarcely perceptible from below. Ihave seen two other nests of this swift in this neighbourhood, each containing atolerably well-fledged young one. The nests in these instances also were placed onBosivellia trees. To the best of my belief they never lay more than one egg in thenest. Mr. Hume adds that the stem to which the nest was attached is about 0*8. LOXG-WINGED TKEE-SWIFT (i liat NIGHTJAR 41 inch in diameter; against the side of this the nest is glued, so that the upper marginof the nest is on a level with the upper surface of the branch. The nest itselfis half of a rather deep saucer, ITS inches in diameter, and about 06 in depthinternally. The nest is entirely composed of thin flakes of bark, cementedtogether by the birds saliva, and is about an eighth of an inch in tliickness. The%gg is a very elongated oval, obtuse at both ends, and with little or no gloss. Itis white, w^ith a slight greyish blue tinge, and measures 094 in length by OGlin breadth. The Nightjars. Famil}^ Caprimulgid^E. Like the swifts, these birds have very wide and gaping mouths; while theirplumage is mottled and vermiculated, very much resembling that of the owls, nearwhich group they have been placed in many classifications. Beyond the resem-blance of their plumage, and the fact that they are crepuscular birds, coming outto hunt
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