574 CAPKIMULGTB.^:. 



doubt that this also has a white bar, because there is a fulvous one 

 on this same quill in the t'emale. 



Hah. Horaima Mountain, British Guiaua. 



a,h. (^2 ^d. sk. Roraima, British Guiana, 3500 Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 ft., Nov. (^. Whitebj). (Types of the species.) 



36. Caprimulgus parvulus. 



Caprimulgus parvulus, Gould, P. Z.S. 1837, p. 22; id. in Dancin's 

 Vol/. Beagle, iii. p. 37 (1841) ; Cass, in Gillisss Exjjl. Exp. ii. p. 186 



(1856). 

 Autr 



Rei 



Salt). P. Z. S. 1867, p. 



iid. Nomencl. Ar. Xeotrup. p. 96 (1873) ; Dtinif. Ibis, 1877, p. 184 ; 



Salvi/i, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 379 (1882) ; Barrows, Auk, 1884, p. 24 



(Uruguay) ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, i. p. 217 (1884) ; Withington, Ibis, 



1888, p. 467; -Se^. ^ Hudson, Argent. Orn. ii. p. 14 (1889). 

 Stenopsis parvulus, Cass. U. S. Eipl. Exp. p. 188 (1858); Scl. Cat. 



Am. B. p. 281 (1862) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 12 (1867). 



Aclidt male. Above greyish mottled with brown, the centre of 

 the crown with large longitudinal spots of black ; back and rump 

 narrowly streaked with blackish ; a distinct pale rufous band, spotted 

 with black, across the back and sides of the neck ; greater scapulars 

 with large, somewhat triangular spots of black and broad buff 

 borders to the outer webs ; wing-coverts with terminal spots of 

 light buff ; primaries deep brown, the first with a large white patch 

 on the inner web, the next three with a large band of white across 

 both webs ; secondaries varied with pale rufous or buff ; central 

 pair of rectrices greyish, with blackish bars, four outer pairs with 

 broad white markings to the inner webs, the white colour often 

 reaching a little over the shaft into the outer web. Lower parts pale 

 fulvous, barred with dark brown ; throat and breast much darker, 

 less thickly barred on the lower abdomen and lower tail-coverts ; 

 on the throat a large patch of white. Total length about T'S inches, 

 wing 5-4, tail 4, tarsus 0-62. 



Adult female. Patch on the throat buff; primaries dark brown, 

 with several broad rufous bars and without any white spot ; rec- 

 trices without white. Wing about 5-2 inches. 



YouHij males are similar to the female, but an indication of pale 

 spots is visible at the tips of the outer rectrices. Immature birds 

 are always recognizable by the pale buff edges to the tips of the 

 primaries and by the nuchal coUar being hardly perceptible. 



Hah. Seems to inhabit the greater part of South America, being 

 known from Colombia to Peru, Brazil, and Argentina. 



a. 2 inini- sk. Bogota, Colombia. Sclater Coll. 



h. 9 ad. sk. Xeberos, E. Peru, Oct. 17 {E. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Bartlett). 

 e d S 9. <i<l- sk. Chapada, Matto Grosso, Brazil, Salvin-Godinan Coll. 

 ' ■ Sept. {H. H. Smith). 



