1. CAPKiyuLcrs. 531 



2. Caprimulgus ruficoUis. 



Capriraulgus nifit-oUis, Temm. Man. d'Om. i. p. 438(1820); Mei/er, 

 Zusiitze z. Taschcuh. p. Ill (1822); Thienem. Fortjyff. Trig. Eur. 

 p. 85 (1829) ; noiifd, B. Eiir. ii. i.l. o2 (1837) ; Wehb ^- Berth. 

 Orn. Canar. p. 24 (1836-44) ; Eeijs. ^- Bias. Wirb. Eur. p. 33 (1840) ; 

 Schleg. Bev. Crit. p. 20 (1844); Gray, List Siiec. Fissirostr. Brit. Mus. 

 p. 6 (1848) ; Bhjth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 83 (1849) ; i)>. Consj). 

 i. p. 59 (1850) ; Cass. Cat. Ca2)rim. Mus. Phil. p. 2 (1851) ; Brehm. 

 Vogelf. p. 44 (1855) ; Midi. J. f. O. 1856, p. 226 (Marseilles) ; 

 Thienem. Fnrf}}Jlanz. qes. Vo</. pi. xlii. fio:. 16(epo:s) (1854); Bolle, 

 J. f. O. 1854, p. 461, 186?; p. 323; Tristr. Ibis, 1860, p. 374 

 (Algeria) ; Cab. S,- Heine, Mm^. Hein. iii. p. 89 (1860) ; Hancock, 

 Ibi.i, 1862, p. 39 (Endand) : Wrii/hf, Ibis, 1864, p. 58, 1865, p. 464, 

 (Malta); Lilford, Bus, 1866, p. 180; Drake, Ibis, 1867, p. 425 

 (Tangier,); Locke, Ecpl. Sci. Alger., Ois. ii. p. 104 (1867) ; A. C. 

 Smith, Ibis, 1 8(;8, p. 449 ; Koeniq- Warth J. f. 0. 1868, p. 365 (egg); 

 Gray, Iland-l. i. p. 56 (1 869) ; Fritsch, Tor). Eur. p. 82, tab. 13. lig. 2 

 (1870); Salmd. Fami. Ital., Ucc. p. 48 (1871) ; f>au?iders, Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 67 (Spain) ; id. Man. Brit. B. p. 259 ( 1889) ; J. H. Gwnei/, Ibis, 

 1871, p. 73 (Algeria) ; Godm. Ibis, 1872, p. 169; Goidd, B'. Great 

 Brit. ii. pi. 2 (1873); Irbi/, Gibraltar, p. 62 (1875); Dresser, B. 

 Euruj)e, iv. p. 633, pi. 273 (1881) : B.C. U. List Br. B. p. 75(1883) ; 

 Newton, ed. Ycirr. Br. B. ii. p. 386 ; Seeb. Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 317 

 (1884) ; Tnif, Ibis, 1887, p. 303 (Portugal) ; Gic/l. Avif. Ital. i. 

 p. 330 (1889). 



Caprimulgus rufitorquis, Vieill. Enc. Meth., Orn. p. 546 (1823). 



Caprimulgus ruHtorquatus, Vieill. Faun. Fran^. p. 142, pi. 62 (1828); 

 Roiu; Orn. Frew. p. 242, pi. 147 (1825). 



Caprimulgus torquatus, Brehm, Namnannia, 1855, p. 270. 



Caprimulgus ruticollis, latirostris, bracliyurus, and macrourus, A. E. 

 Brehm, Verz. Samml. C. L. Brehm, p. 3 (1866) {teste Dresser). 



Adult male. Above sandy grey, along the crown longitudinal 

 black spots bordered wit h rufous-buff; a chestnut-buff sometimes 

 nearly golden collar round the neck, varied with longitudinal black 

 streaks on the hind neck, with dark bars on the fore neck, and deep 

 black spots on the sides of the neck, the collar more pronounced 

 above ; black and buff longitudinal spots on the scapulars, some 

 blackish ones along the back and rump ; quills deep brown, with 

 chestnut spots and bars ; large white spots on the inner webs of 

 the first three and often an indication of it on the fourth ; upper 

 wing-coverts with beautiful buff spots ; two or three outer rectrices 

 white on the tips for an inch to an inch and a hnU ; below two 

 large white spots on the throat, often connected with each other ; 

 abdomen buff, barred with brown ; under wing-coverts the same ; 

 under tail-coverts nearly or quite uniform. Total length about 

 12 inches, wing 8 to 8-3, tail 6'7, tarsus 0"7, feathered in front for 

 about the upper third, culmen 0-5. 



Ftmale. The female, unlike most of the other species of Capri- 

 mulgus, does not differ from the male, but has also the white tips 

 to the rectrices and primaries. 



Young. Altogether much paler, the blackish markings less pure, 

 white spots on the tail and wings not so well marked, 



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