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AMERICAN GOATSUCKER. 

 (Caprimulgus Americanus.) 



CA. corpore toto griseo nigro el xerampelino, variegatus, naribus 



culindraceis. 

 Goatsucker with the whole body varied with grey, black, and 



russet-colour ; nostrils cylindrical and prominent. 

 Caprimulgus americanus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 346. 2. Gmel. 



Syst. Nat. I. 1032. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 58/. 14. 

 L'Engoulevent a lunettes. Bujf. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 543. 

 American Goatsucker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 600. 14. 



THIS species appears to be but little known : its 

 beak is black, surrounded on the sides with bristles ; 

 the nostrils very prominent : the plumage varied 

 with grey, black, and yellow brown : the wings 

 and tail palest : legs and claws grey. Inhabits 

 Jamaica. 



RUFOUS GOATSUCKER. 

 (Caprimulgus rufus.) 



CA. nifus nigro-varius, tectricibus alarum corporeque svbtusfas* 



ciis nigricantibus, remigibtu rufo nigroque, tectricibus nigro 

 fosciatis. 

 Rufous Goatsucker, varied with black ; wing-coverts and under 



parts of the body barred with black, tire quills with rufous 



and black, and the tail-feathers with black. 

 Caprimulgus rufus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 1030. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. 586. 9. 



L'Engoulevent roux de Cayenne. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 550. 

 Crapaud- volant, ou Tette-cheyre de Caj-enne. Buff. PL Enl. 



735. 

 Kufous Goatsucker. Latli. Gen. Syn. 4. 597. 8. 



