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blue, sprinkled with black : quills blackish, varied 

 and edged with ferruginous : tail slightly forked, 

 and dusky, the webs spotted on each side with 

 ferruginous : legs reddish. 



VIRGINIAN GOATSUCKER. 



(Caprimulgus virginianus.) 



CA. Jusco-nigricante rufescente cinereoque varitu, subtus albidus 



Jasciis nigricantibus, gida maris lunula alba. 

 Goatsucker varied with dusky brown, reddish, and cinereous; 



beneath whitish, with dusky bands ; throat of the male with 



a white crescent. 

 Gaprimulgus virginianus. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 1028. Lath. 



Lid. Orn. 2. 585. 6. Vieil.Ois. de TAmer. Sept. ]. 55. 

 Caprimulgus vociferus. Wils. Amer. Orn. 5. 71. pi. 41. 1. male. 



2. female. 



Le Whip poor Will. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 534. 

 L'Engoulevent criard. Vieil. Ois. de I' Amer. Sept. 1. 55.pl. 23. 

 Virginia Goatsucker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 590. 6. Lath. Syn. 



Sup. 194. 6. 



THIS species is in length eight inches : its beak 

 is garnished on the sides with bristles : the whole 

 of the upper parts of the body are of a dull brown, 

 slightly mixed with ash-colour, variegated, and 

 banded transversely with rufous brown, and very 

 prettily sprinkled with grey : quills dusky ; the 

 five first marked with a white spot on both the 

 webs, the first quill excepted, which has it only 

 on the inner one : above the eyes, and behind the 



