194 Mr. V1cons's and Dr. HonsrrErp's Description of the 
sent imperfect state, and was supposed to have been killed by a 
cat. Its native name, he adds, is Wat’watkin.* 
Genus. JEcorurrsst. 
Rostrum breve, crassiusculum, latissimum, basi depressum, to- 
miis integris, rictu amplissimo. Culmen carinatum, rotun- 
datum, dertro unguiculato, subadunco. “Mandibula infe- 
rior apice ad accipiendum superioris dertrum canaliculata. 
* The following species of this genus, which has been kindly lent to us by Mr. Lead- 
beater for description, was received from New Holland, and does not appear to have 
been hitherto recorded. - : 
ALBO-GULARIS. C. brunneus nigro griseo pem varius, Bea deu J'iderscente 
brunneo-fasciato, maculá ovali obliquá ad gulam utrinque. albá. 
Caput griseo-albo undulatim sparsum, lineis nigris in medio notatum. Gula, regio 
ophthalmica, collumque subtus brunneo-fulvo maculatæ : torque a gulà ad nucham 
extendente e maculis fulvis composito; maculà alba grandi ellipticà utrinque ad 
gulam. Pectus brunneum maculis obscuré albidis griseo-sparsis notatum. Dor- 
sum brunneum strigis longitudinalibus griseo albidoque sparsis superné, maculis - 
fulvis parcis infra, notatum. Tectrices superiores scapularesque saturaté brunneæ, 
fulvo griseoque parcè notatz ; inferiores brunneæ, fulvo-fasciate. — Remiges satu- 
raté brunnee, omnium pogoniis, tribus primis exceptis, maculis fulvis utrinque 
notatis; secunde et tertie macula fulvà unicá, tertie et quarte macula alba, 
^. pogoniis externis notatis; tertie macula albà unicà pogonio interno notato: sub- 
tus pallidé brunnescentes ; tertià maculà albà utrinque, ceteris interioribus macu- 
lis albidis frequentibus. notatis. Abdomen fulvum, brunneo-fasciatum, fasciis infrà 
minis frequentibus. — Rectrices saturate brunneæ, mediarum pogoniis ambobus, 
ceterarum, duabus extimis exceptis, internis fasciis griseis brunneo-undulatis no- 
tatis; quatuor extimarum pogoniis internis, et duarum extimarum pogoniis exter- 
nis, fasciis fulvis undulatis; subtus pallidiores, fasciis fulvis interruptis notatæ. 
Rostrum nigrum. Pedes brunneæ. Longitudo corporis, 143; rostri ad frontem, $, 
ad rictum, 1,4, ; ale a carpo ad remigem secundam, 7$; caudae, 6; tarsi, 1. 
t Avyoindys, Caprimulgus.—W e revive the Aristotelian name of the Goatsucker. 
The word, although originally conveying an erroneous meaning, has been translated 
into so many languages, and, as such, has become so identified with the birds of this 
family, that we feel no hesitation in applying it to the present group. 
Vibrisse 
