oiz capkimulgid-t;. 



barred and mottled with the same colour, the exposed ends of the 

 feathers being but little mottled, thus giving: quite a light appear- 

 ance to the under plumage ; lower part of the abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts dull pale rufous, the feathers of the latter with dark 

 markings along their shafts ; under wing-coverts brown mottled 

 with rufous. Tarsi clothed in front with rufous-brown feathers ; some 

 of the rictal bristles nearly two inches in length, and furnished with 

 lateral filaments : feet brown. Total length about 10| to 11 inches, 

 wing 7 to 7-25, tail 5-5 to 5-7, longer rictal bristles 1-8 to 2. 



I have not been able to examine a specimen of this species. 



Bab. Cuba. 



33. Caprimulgus saturatus. 



Antrostomus saturatus, Salnn, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 203. 

 Antrostomus rufomaculatus *, liidgiv. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. xiv. 

 p. 466(1891; Costa Eica). 



Adult male. General plumage brownish black spotted with rusty, 

 the spots mostly somewhat transverse in form, broader and paler 

 on the posterior underparts ; primaries black, uniform on the 

 inner webs, spotted with rusty on the outer webs ; tail black, 

 banded with light rusty, the three outer pairs of rectrices broadly 

 tipped with white across both webs ; no distinct pale patch on the 

 throat. Total length about S-7 inches, wing 6, tail 4"6. 



Hah. Yolcan de Irazu, Costa Rica, and Volcan de Chiriqui, 

 Panama. 



a. (5 ad.sk. Volcano of Chiriqui (.-Irce). Salviii-Godman Coll. 



(Type of the species.) 



34. Caprimulgus nigrescens. 



Caprimulgus nigrescens, Cab. in Schomb. Gmana, iii. p. 71 (1848). 

 Antrostomus nigrescens, Cah. Sf Heine, Mvs. Hein. iii. p. 91 (1860) ; 



Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 138; Scl. 8r ,Sa/nn, P.Z.S. 1867, p. 583 



(Para) ; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 96 (1873) ; Tacz. Oni. Per. 



i. p. 218 (1884) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 438 (P. Guiana). 

 Stenopsis nigrescens, Scl. Cat Am. B. p. 280 (1862) ; Peh. Orn. 



Bras. p. 12 (1867) ; Grat/, Hu7id-l. i. p. 59 (1869). 

 Caprimulgus semitorquatus, Gray {nee Gm. !), Gen. B. i. pi. xvii. 



(1845). 



Adult male. Above brownish black, spotted with pale rufous or 

 buff; a superciliary stripe of buff spots ; wing-coverts with larger 

 spots ; scapulars with a greyish tint, some feathers with con- 

 spicuous broad rufous-buff margins to the outer webs ; primaries 

 brownish black, with a white spot in the middle of the second, third, 

 and fourth, sometimes indistinct on the second quill ; secondaries 

 minutely spotted with rufous ; rectrices brownish black, two cen- 



* Mr. Salviii has kindly shown me the type of A. rufomaculatus, lent to him 

 by the U.S. Nat. Museum. It is absolutely ideulical with C. saturatus (Salvin). 



