152 BANDED GOATSUCKER. 



Pigeon : in the evening this bird begins to utter 

 its note, which is similar to the words chuck-wills- 

 widow, and is continued for two or three hours ; 

 it then remains silent till near day-break, when it 

 again commences till the sun has risen ; the last 

 syllable is pronounced the strongest : during the 

 day it is silent: in September it departs: it is 

 greatly troubled with vermin. Pennant has figured 

 this species, but has not described it. 



BANDED GOATSUCKER. 



(Caprimulgus vittatus.) 



CA. albidus, dorso cceruleo nebuloso, verlice fosciaque nuchce ni- 

 gris, remigibus rectricibusqueferrugineojuscis. 



Whitish Goatsucker,, with the back clouded with blue ; bar on 

 the crown and nape of the neck black ; quills and tail-feathers 

 rusty brown. 



Caprimulgus vittatus. Lath. Ind. Orn. Sup. Iviii. 1. 



Banded Goatsucker. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 262. 3. pi. 136. 



THE Banded Goatsucker is a native of New 

 Holland : its beak is black : irides orange : head 

 dirty flesh-colour ; neck and under parts of the 

 body the same, but tinged with rust-colour : be- 

 neath the eyes, and wings, and the sides of the 

 neck, variegated with dusky lines and spots : nape 

 of the neck with a black band, which is bifurcated 

 about the middle of each side of the neck : crown 

 of the head and back of the neck black, meeting 

 on each side over the eye : back and wings dusky 



