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CRESTED GOATSUCKER. 

 (Caprimulgus novae Hollandiae.) 



GA.Jitsco nigro albidoquc nebulosus subtus albidus, collo pccto- 



requajasciis obscuris, cristajrontali crccta setacea. 

 Goatsucker varied with brown, black, and whitish; beneath 



whitish; the neck and breast with obscure dusky bars; an 



erect setaceous crest on the forehead. 

 Caprimulgus novae Hollandiae. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 588. 18. 

 New Holland or Crested Goatsucker. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 



261. 2. 



LENGTH nine inches and a half: the prevailing 

 colour of the plumage brown on the upper parts, 

 varied with obscure spots and streaks of white: 

 beak black : inside of the mouth yellow, and fur- 

 nished with bristles on its edges : forehead armed 

 with about ten or twelve stiff bristles standing 

 erect, and but slightly barbed : quills plain brown, 

 with the edges of four or five of the primaries 

 sprinkled with dusky white : the under parts of 

 the body dirty white, with the throat, breast, and 

 sides marked with narrow dusky bars : tail slightly- 

 wedged ; the two middle feathers crossed on each 

 web with twelve dirty white' bars, and dotted 

 with brown ; the rest of the feathers spotted with 

 brown on the outer edges only. Inhabits Port 

 Jackson, in New Holland : appears about March. 



