CAPHlMULGlIt^. 



185 



Family CAPRI MULGIDiE *. 



A. Palate .Tgitbognatlious, tlio vomer truncated heliind. 



B, Basipterygoid processes present. 



Fijr. 4;!. 

 Tiipl.jo- pi hp(jf.p. p9 



^'eutral aspect of craniiiin (jf ('(iprimidijus eurojuciis (enlarged), to 

 show vomer. Letters as before. 



C. Hallux present and connected with the jiexor pcrforans digi- 



tornm. 



D. Spinal feather-tract well detined on the neck, but forked on 



the U[)per back. 



Genus NYCTIBIUS. 

 Vielliot, Analyse, pp. ;iS-70 (iSKi). 



Nyctibius jamaicensis. 



Caprimiil(/i(s jamaicensis, Gmelin, Syst. I^at. ii. p. 1029 (1788). 

 Nyctibiwi jumaiceimis, Cory, Birds West Iiulios, p. VS^ (1889). 



The Jamaica Night-Hawk. 



Iiah. Jamaica. 



* Vf. ^clater, I'roe. Zool. Soc. \f<m, pj). ll'.-M4") ; Sliiifeldt, »p. rif. 1885, 

 ]). 835. 



