INSESSOllES. 79 



remaining by day within the hollow branches of trees, in 

 which situations, without any nest, their four or five round 

 white eggs are deposited. The sexes are alike in colouring. 



38. iEGOTHELES NOV^-HOLLANDI^, Vig.and Horsf. 



v' 



Owlet Nightjar. 



Crested Goat-sucker, Phill. Bot. Bay, pi. in p. 270. 

 Caprimulgus Nova-Hollandia, Lath. lud. Orn., vol. ii. p. 588. 



cristatus, Shaw in Whitens Voy., pi. in p. 241. 



Neiv-Holland Goat-sucker, Lath. Gen. Syn. Supp., vol. ii. p. 261. 

 Bristled Goat-sucker, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. vii. p. 342. 

 Caprimulgus vittatus, lb. lud. Orn. Supp., p. Iviii. 

 Banded Goat-sucker, lb. Gen. Syn. Supp., vol. ii. p. 262, pl. 136. 

 ^gotheles Novae- Hollandice, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. 



p. 197. 



lunulatus, Jard. and Selby, 111. Orn,, vol. iii. pl. 149. 



Australis, Swains. Class, of Birds^ vol. ii. p. 338. 



cristatus, G. R. Gray, List of Gen. of Birds, p. 7. 



Little More-pork, Colonists of Tasmania. Teringing, Aborigines of the 



coast of New South Wales. 



^gotheles Novae-Hollandise, Gould, Birds of Australia, foL, vol. ii. 

 pl.l. 



This very interesting little Nightjar possesses a great range 

 of habitat, being found in every part of Tasmania, and 

 throughout the southern portion of Australia, from Swan River 

 on the western coast to Queensland on the eastern ; time, and 

 the continued exploration of that vast country, can alone de- 

 termine how far it may be found to the northward : it is a 

 stationary species, inhabiting ahke the densest brushes near 

 the coast, and the more thinly-wooded districts of the interior. 



While rambling in the Australian forests I had the good 

 fortune to meet with more than an ordinary number of speci- 

 mens of this curious bird. I also procured its eggs, and con- 

 siderable information respecting its habits and actions, which 

 differ most remarkably from those of the other members of 



