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web : the tail marked the same as the quills, but 

 the two middle feathers are likewise mottled as 

 the back ; the two outer ones on each side have 

 the ends white for about an inch, but the white 

 extends higher up on the outer webs : the middle 

 toe is greatly pectinated. Inhabits Bombay, in 

 the East Indies." 



AFRICAN GOATSUCKER. 

 (Caprimulgus Africanus.) 



CA. cinerascens, nigrojerrugineoque varius, striga verticals nigri- 



cante, gula, alba, lateribus colli aurantiis. 

 Ash-coloured Goatsucker, varied with black and ferruginous ; 



the crown of the head with a dusky stripe ; throat white ; sides 



of the neck orange. 



L'Engoulevent a collier. Le Vail. Ois.cTAfriq. i. 186. pi. 49. 

 Bombay Goatsucker. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 260. 1. 



DESCRIBED by Le Vaillant, who tells us it is the 

 size of C. europseus : it has great affinity to the 

 preceding, but differs in having the white on the 

 throat spreading out on the sides of the neck to 

 bright orange : the female is much smaller, has 

 the throat rufous white, but is destitute of the 

 orange mark on the sides of the throat, and re- 

 sembles C. asiaticus more than the male : she has 

 a rufous spot on the tail, which is white in the 

 male. 



Le Vaillant observes that this species is well 



