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tail liffht ash, crossed with a few black bars : out- 



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most feathers rusty and black. Inhabits India." 



WHITE-NECKED GOATSUCKER. 

 (Caprimulgus cay an us.) 



CA. rufo griseoque varius nigro undulato-lineatus, gula Jasciaqiie 



alarum albis, temporibus rufis striis quinque nigris. 

 Goatsucker varied with rufous and grey, and undulated black 



lines, with the throat and band on the wing white ; temples 



rufous, with five black stripes. 



Caprimulgus cayanus. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 587. J 2. 

 Caprimulgus cayanensis. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 1031. 

 L'Engoulevent de Cayenne. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 545. 



Buff. PL Enl 760. 

 White-necked Goatsucker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 599. 12. 



INHABITS the plantations of Cayenne, where it 

 is rather abundant : it is in length near eight 

 inches : its beak is black : irides yellow : head and 

 hind part of the neck grey, with a rufous tinge, 

 and striped with black, the latter most distinct : 

 each side of the head marked with five black 

 bars : back rufous, with black fasciee : wing- 

 coverts mixed with grey and black : wings with 

 a white bar ; quills black, the five first with a spot 

 of white : throat and fore part of the neck white : 

 breast and upper part of the belly like the wing- 

 coverts, but marked with greater regularity, and 

 sprinkled with white : lower belly and thighs 

 whitish, spotted with black : two middle tail- 



