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GREAT-HEADED GOATSUCKER. 

 (Caprimulgus megacephalus,) 



CA. cinereiis maculis siriisque pallidis, abdomine ferruginco* 



remigibus rectncibusque albo maculatis. 

 Ash-coloured Goatsucker, with pale spots and stripes; abdomen 



ferruginous; quills and tail-feathers spotted with white. 

 Caprimulgus megacephalus. Lath. Ind. Orn. Sup. faiii. 3. 

 Great-headed Goatsucker. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 263. 5. 



THIS singular species inhabits New South Wales: 

 it has a remarkable large head and neck, the 

 former having a set of feathers in front similar to 

 a crest : its beak is pale brown : irides yellow : 

 the prevailing colour of its plumage dusky brown, 

 varied and streaked with whitish and rust-colour : 

 the quills alternately barred and spotted with 

 black and white : the breast is pale ferruginous : 

 the belly cinereous : tail rounded at the end, and 

 similar to the wings in markings : legs pale yel- 

 lowish brown : length of the bird about two feet 

 and a half. 



