594 CAPRIMULGID^. 



8. MACRODIPTERYX. ^^^^ 



Macrodipteryx, Siminson, B. W. Afi: ii. p. 62, pi. v. 



(1837) . . '. M. macrodipterus. 



Bange. That of the single species. 



1. Macrodipteryx macrodipterus. 



Capi'iaiulgus macrodipterus, Afzel. Descr. Sierra Leone, pi. (1794) ; 



Vieill. Nouv.Dict. x. p. 245 (1817) ; id. Enc. Metli. p. 543 (1823). 

 Caprimulg'us longipennis, Shaw, Nat. Misc. pi. 265 (1790-1813). 

 Leoiia Goatsucker, Lath. Stippl. Spi. ii. p. 264 (1802). 

 Macrodipter^'x africanus, Swains. B. W. Afr. ii. p. 62, pi. v. (1837). 

 Macrodipteryx longipennis, Bp. Consji. i. p. 63 (1850) ; Hartl. 



J.f. O. 1853, p. 397 (W. Africa) ; id. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 23 (1857) ; 



Cab. S)' Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 90 (1860) ; Bocage, Jorn. Lish. 



1868, p. 133 (Angola) ; Gray, Band-l. i. p. 60 (1869) ; Shell. ^■ 



Buckl. Ibis, 1872, p. 290 ; Pet. Ibis, 1873, p. 107 ; Heut/l. Orn. 



N.O.-Afr. i. p. 137 (1874); Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 378 



(1882) ; Ilartert, J.f. 0. 1886, p. 591 (Haussa) ; lieichen. J.f. O. 



1891, p. 381 (Togo; egg). 



Adult male. Above brovTii, more or less distinctly mottled with 

 ashy ; feathers of the head centred with black, paler on the margins ; 

 scapulars deep black, with broad outer margins of bright buff ; 

 wing-coverts spotted with bright buff; a rufous collar round the 

 neck, more obvioiis by contrast with the hind neck ; quills deep 

 brown, broadly barred with rufous, paler on the inner webs ; tail 

 crossed by irregular and spotted bands of pale rufous ; abdomen and 

 under wing-coverts buif, barred with brown ; under tail-coverts 

 uniform buff; breast brown, mixed with grey and bright buff; 

 ninth primary more than twice as long as the wing, shaft bare 

 except for about 5 to 6 inches at the tip, where it is ornamented 

 with long webs. Total length about S to 9 inches, wing C"8, tail 5, 

 tarsus 0'7, ninth primary about 17 inches long. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but without any elongated quill. 



Young birds are much jjaler ; the band across the neck is less 

 developed. According to Heuglin the shaft of the ninth primary is 

 not bare in freshly-moulted specimens. 



The species varies a good deal in markings, the band across the 

 neck being often indistinct, and the ground-colour darker or paler. 



Huh. From Western Abyssinia to the west coast of Africa, where 

 it has been found from Senegambia to the Niger region. 



a. $ ad.sk. [Africa ( r«vm«.r). J Sclater Coll. 



b. S ad. sk. [W. Africa.] Purchased. 



c. (S ad. sk. [W. Africa.] Vienna Museum 



[E.]. 



d. 5 ad. sk. Sierra Leone. Sir E. Sabine [P.]. 



e. (5 ad. ; /. Gambia {Sir A. Moloney). Shelley Coll. 

 Imm. sk. 



g. S ad. sk. River Gambia. Sharpe Coll. 



h. Imm. : I J Accra, Feb. 11 {G. E. S.). Shelley Coll. 



ad. sk. 



k. (S ad. sk. River Bonny {Hysloj}). Jardine Coll. 



/. Imm. sk. Bogos-]aud. Mr. Esler. 



