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92 BANGS — A NEW GENUS OF CAPRIMULGIDAE. Vol VI 
pared with Caprimulgus europaeus Linn., it is so different that 
it is certainly best placed in a monotypic genus. 
Veles gen. nov. 
Type, Caprimulgus binotatus Bp. 
Characters. — Wing and tail short; closed wing reaching almost to end 
of tail; tail composed of rather narrow feathers, double rounded (the third 
rectrix the longest, 11 mm. longer than outer rectrix, 7 mm. longer than 
middle rectrices), and very boat-shaped. Rictal bristles very small and 
weak. Feet strong, toes stout, middle toe short, about equal without its 
claw to inner and outer toes with claws. Under tail coverts short and 
fluffy. Coloration plain and dark; above, blackish, vermiculated with 
dark rusty brown, scapulars blotched with buffy; beneath, rusty brown, 
vermiculated with blackish, a small patch of silky white feathers on either 
side of throat, tail black and ferruginous in irregular bands and markings 
throughout, inner webs of remiges solid black with no lighter markings. 
