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EUROPEAN GOATSUCKER. 

 (Caprimulgus Europaeus.) 



CA. niger cinereo fusco ferruglneo alboque varius, subtus albo 



rufescensfosciisfoscis. 

 Goatsucker varied with black, cinereous, brown, rust-colour, 



and white ; beneath reddish white, with brown bands. 

 Caprimulgus Europaeus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 346. 1. Lin. Faun. 



Suec. 274. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 1027. Briss. 2.470. *.44. 



Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 584. 5. 

 L'Engoulevent. Buff: Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 512. 

 Le Crapaud-volant. Buff. PI. Enl. 193. 

 Nocturnal Goatsucker. Pen. Brit. Zool. 2. 1/3. t. 5g. 

 Night Jar. Bewick. Brit. Birds. 1. 262. 

 European Goatsucker. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 437. A - Albin. 



Birds. 1. pi. 10. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 503. 5. Lath. Syn. 



Sup. 194. Mont. Brit. Birds. 1. Mont. Sup. Don. Brit. 



Birds. 3. 67. White Selb. 62. Q^Letvin. Brit. Birds. 



3. pi. 127. 



THE Common or European Goatsucker has its 

 plumage beautifully variegated with black, brown, 

 ferruginous, and white, sprinkled and dashed with 

 cinereous ; the under parts ferruginous brown, 

 undulated with numerous darker bands : legs very 

 short, and feathered 1 below the knee ; the middle 

 claw serrated on the inner edge: the male has 

 a large oval white spot on the inner web of the 

 three first quill-feathers, and at the tip of the two 

 outer tail-feathers : the female is destitute of the 

 white spots, but resembles the male in other 

 respects. 



This solitary bird is the only one of the genus 

 that inhabits Europe, and with us it is only a 



