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WHITE-THROATED GOATSUCKER. 

 (Caprimulgus albicollis.) 



CA. rufo-fuscus albo nigricnnteque varius, subtus Jusco nigrican- 



teque transvenim (ineatus, gula macula triangulari alba. 

 Red-browu Goatsucker, varied with black and white ; beneath 



transversely striped with dusky and brown ; throat with a 



triangular white spot. 

 Caprimulgus albicollis. Gmel. Syst. Aaf. 1. 1030. Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 2. 585. 7. 

 White-throated Goatsucker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 5Q6. 7. 



DESCRIBED by Dr. Latham from the collection 

 of Major Davies : it is in " length ten inches and 

 a quarter : beak brown with a black tip : nostrils 

 rather prominent : plumage rafous brown dotted 

 with black : head streaked with black ; upper 

 part of the body the same, but more obscure : the 

 scapulars and most of the outer wing-coverts have 

 a black band near the end, and the tips yellowish 

 buff: lesser quills spotted with rufous cream- 

 colour on the outer web ; the greater dusky black, 

 crossed about the middle with a white bar : tail 

 somewhat cuneiform ; the four middle feathers 

 like the back, and crossed with dusky bars ; the 

 next on each side white ; the last but one white 

 on the inner web, and dusky black on the outer, 

 but near the base is a white spot ; the outer 

 feathers dusky black, but white on the inner web 

 near the base : the under parts are pale brown 

 crossed with dusky lines : on the throat is a large 



