144 



JAMAICA GOATSUCKER. 

 (Caprimulgus Jamaicensis.) 



CA. Jcrnigineus nigro striatus, alit albo variegatis, remigibus 

 juscis maculis albis, rectricibus Jasciis nigris. 



Ferruginous Goatsucker striped with black, with the wings 

 variegated with white; quills fuscous, with white spots; tail- 

 feathers with black bands. 



Caprimulgus Jamaicensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 1029. Lath, 

 Lid. Ois. 2. 584. 2. 



Guira guerea. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 536. 



Jamaica Goatsucker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 5Q1. 2. pi. 57. 



LENGTH near eighteen inches : beak black, and 

 much curved at the tip : nostrils covered with 

 short feathers : eyes surrounded with a circle of 

 feathers similar to an owl : irides reddish yellow : 

 upper part of the head, neck, and body ferru- 

 ginous, with the shafts of the feathers black, giving 

 the bird a mottled appearance : wing-coverts 

 brown near the body; the others ferruginous 

 and brown, mixed and spotted with black, with a 

 few of the inner ones variegated with white: quills 

 dark brown, with eight or nine white spots on 

 their outer edges: tail ash-coloured, sprinkled 

 with black, and barred with black brown : legs 

 strong, feathered to the toes, which are yellow: 

 claws black ; the middle one not serrated. In- 

 habits Jamaica: is very scarce. 



