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rated. This species frequents hollow decayed trees 

 that grow near the water, and only appears of an 

 evening. 





STRIGOID GOATSUCKER. 

 ( Capriraulgus strigoides.) 



C A . jerrugineo-Jiiscus, supra striis maculisque obscuris, subtus 

 HneisfusciSijasciis tectricum tribus pallidis, super ciliis albis. 



Rusty-brown Goatsucker above striated with obscure spots; 

 beneath striped with brown lines, with three pale bars on the 

 wing-coverts ; supercilia white. 



Caprimulgus strigoides. Lath. Ind. Orn. Sttp. Iriii. 2. 



Strigoid Goatsucker. Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. II. 262. 4. 



THE prevailing colour of the plumage of this 

 bird is dusky brown above, variegated with obscure 

 spots and stripes of the same : wing-coverts with 

 three oblique mottled bands : quills brown, with 

 the outer margins spotted with pale brown : su- 

 percilia whitish : sides of the head, and streak 

 through the eyes, pale brown : under parts of the 

 body similar to the upper, but striped with narrow 

 brown streaks: tail slightly forked: legs yellowish: 

 beak black. Native of New South Wales. 



