632 PODAKGID^. 



Great-lieaded Goatsucker, Lath. Gen. Syu. Suppl. ii. p. 203 (1801). 

 Capvimulgus megaceplialus, Lrifh. huh Oru. >Si)pj>l. p. Iviii (180]). 

 Podargus megacepludus, Gould, li. Austr. i. lutr. p. xxviii (1848) ; 

 id. Randb. B. Austr. i. p. 89 (1865) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 54 



(1800) ; Peh. Ibis, 1873, p. 107. 

 Gracile Goatsucker, Lath. Gen. Sijn. Suppl. ii. p. 263 (1801). 

 Uaprimulgus gracilis, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. Iviii (1801) ; Stcj)h. 



Gen. Zool. x. p. 145 (1817) • neill. Noiiv. Diet. x. p. 241 (1817). 

 Podargns cinereus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet, xxvii. p. 151 (1819) ; id. 



Gal. Ois. p. 196, pi. 123 (1825) ; Gray, Gen. B. p. 45 (1849). 

 Podargus australis, Stejjh. Ge7i. Zool. xiii. pt. 2, p. 92 (1826). 

 Podavgus cuvieri, Viq. if Horsf. Trans. Linn. Sac. xv. p. 200 (1827) ; 



Bp. Con.'']), i. p. 57 (1850) ; Gotild, B. Austr. ii. pi. 4 (1848) ; id. 



Handh. B. Austr. i. p. 87 (1865) ; Gray, Iland-l. i. p. 54 (1869) ; 



Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. B. p. 2 (1888) ; North, Nests Sj- Eygs 



Austr. B. pi. vi. fig. 4 {eg^) (1890). 

 Podargus stanleyanus, Vig. Sf Ilorsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 199 



(1827) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 57 (1850). 

 Podargus humeralis, Viq. Sf Ilorsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 198 



(1827) ; Jard. ^ Selby, III. Orn. pi. 88 (1839) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 57 



(1850) ; Peh. Reise Novara, Viig. p. 34 (1865) ; Gould, B. Austr. 



ii. pi. 3 (1848). 

 Caprimulgus humeralis, Eoenig-Warth. J.f. 0. 1868, p. 383 (nidifi- 



cation). 

 Podargus gouldi, Masters, Pr, Linn. Soc, N. S. Wales, i. p. 45 (1876) 



(Gulf of Carpentaria) ; Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. B. p. 2 (1888). 



Adult. Above grey, vermiculated and shaded with brown, most 

 of the top of the head and neck, and back and rump tipped with 

 tiny white spots, and larger spots of whitish mottled with greyish 

 and brownish here and there, especially large and conspicuous on 

 the wing-coverts ; all the feathers of the upper surface with broad 

 black shaft-stripes : outer webs of the scapulars whitish, vermicu- 

 lated with tawny ; a great deal of tawny colour on the shoulders 

 and wings ; primaries dusky blackish, the outer webs with tawny 

 and whitish spots, the inner webs with irregular bands of pale buff; 

 secondaries similarly banded on both webs ; rectrices irregularly 

 banded with brown, grey, and black, with tiny whitish tips and sub- 

 terminal spots' of black ; lower parts whitish grey shading into 

 tawny, aU the feathers with narrow shaft-lines of black ; some 

 broader black stripes on the throat and breast, and some tiny whitish 

 ones to the feathers of the abdomen and sides of the body ; shafts 

 of aU the feathers of the lower surface white at base ; part of webs 

 near the white shafts pale grey, more conspicuously seen from below ; 

 wings and tail much paler from below. Total length about 18 

 to 19 inches, wing 10 to 11, tail 9, lateral rectrices about 1-2 

 shorter, tarsus 1'5, length of the bill from gape to tip 2-6, width 

 of mouth at gape 2 3. 



The female seems to be similar to the male in colour, but the few 

 specimens examined, by me are not conclusive. 



The description is that of a typical large specimen in the 

 ordinary coloration. The species, however, varies considerably in 

 colour, many specimens being much lighter, others much darker, 



