CAPRIMULGID^. 45 



55. Caprimulgus pectoralis, Cuv. Pectoral Goatsucker. 



L ' Engoule-vent a collier, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 49. 

 Caprimulgus pectoralis and C. rujigena, Strickland & Sclater, Birds 



of Damar., Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 143. 

 Caprimulgus atrovarius, Layard's Cat. No. 72. 



This species is tolerably common in the north of 

 Damara Land. It is usually found singly, and is partial 

 to open roads and paths about dusk. Its food consists 

 of beetles and other insects, their eggs, and small seeds. 



The irides are deep dark brown, the bill black, the 

 feet grey. 



Measurements of a male and a female : 



56. Caprimulgus lentiginoSUS, Smith. Freckled Goatsucker. 



Caprimulgus lentiginosus, Smith's Zool. of S. Africa, pi. 101. 



,, ' Strickland & Sclater, Birds Damar., Contr. 



Orn. 1852, p. 143. 



Layard's Cat. No. 70. 



Sharpe's Cat. No. 4. 



I am inclined to think that this is a scarce bird in 

 South Africa, though, at the same time, somewhat widely 

 diffused, as I have obtained specimens in every part 

 traversed by myself. 



57. Cosmetornis vexillarius (Gould). Standard-wing Goatsucker. 



Semeiophorus vexillarius, Gould's Icones Av. pi. 3. 

 Cosmetornis vexillarius, Hartlaub in Ibis, 1862, p. 143. 



