CAPRIMULGI 



CAPRIMULGI 



Definition. Anisodaciyle. Oil gland nude. 1 Beatrices, ten. Aquinto- 

 cubital. Aftershafb present. Skull holorhinal. Both carotids 

 present. Cseca - large. Ambiens and accessory femorocaudal 

 absent. Deep flexor tendons of type V. 



This group of birds shows a considerable amount of 

 structural variation, which allows of the separation of the 

 genera into at least two families ; they are, however, all 

 united by the characters in the above definition. The 



FIG. 109. LEFT FEET OF AntrostonniH FIG. 110. EIGHT FOOT OF Podar. 



i-ociferus (RIGHT-HAND FIG.) AND gas Cuvieri (AFTER SCLATER). 

 Nyctidromus albicollis (AFTEE 

 SCLATEB). 



external aspect too of these birds, with the widely gaping 

 mouth and their generally softly tinted grey and brown 

 plumage, enables them to be readily distinguished from other 

 groups. 



1 Sometimes said to be absent in Podargicla;, but FURRRINGER found it in 

 Batrachostomus. 

 - Absent in 



