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SHARP-TAILED GOATSUCKER. 

 ( Caprimulgus acutus.) 



CA. nigricante jasciatus supra griseus subtus rufus, capite col- 

 loqiie rufo-fuscisy rectricibus itpice subulatis. 



Dusky Goatsucker, banded with grey above, and rufous beneath ; 

 with the head and neck reddish brown ; tail-feathers awl- 

 shaped at the tip. 



Caprimulgus acutus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 1031. Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. 2. 58/. 13. 



L'Engouleventacutipennede la Guiane. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 

 6. 547. Buff. PL Enl. 732. 



Sharp-tailed Goatsucker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 600. 13. Lath. 

 Syn. Sup. 195. 



THIS species is in length seven inches and 

 a half: its beak is black: the top of its head and 

 neck transversely striped with rufous brown and 

 dusky ; sides of the former inclined to rufous : 

 back grey, with transverse black stripes: tail 

 larger than the wings, pale rufous, spotted with 

 black, and barred at the tip with black, the upper 

 edge of the bar being whitish : tips of the feathers 

 awl-shaped: legs black. Native of Guiana. 



