538 CLASS XVI. 



Sp. Caprimulgus anomalus GOULD, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1837, p. 105, Icon. av. 

 Tab. i. (I have not seen this species) ; South Amer. 



Macrodipteryx SWAINS. Wings long, with second quill surpassing 

 all, except the last primary in males, which is very long, and with 

 the middle of the stem naked, the tip vaned. 



Sp. Caprimulgus longipennis SHAW, Macrodipteryx africanus SWAINS. Birds 

 of W. Afr. n. PL 5. 



Podager WAGL., Pro'ithera SWAINS. Wings long, with first quill 

 longest of all, extended beyond the extremity of tail. Tail moderate 

 or somewhat short, even, broad. 



Sp. Caprimulgus Nattereri TEMM. PL col. 107 ; Caprimulgus diurnus MAXIM., 

 Caprimulgus nacunda VIEILL., TEMM. PI. col. 182; Caprimulgus Gouldi, 

 Podager Gouldi GRAY Oener. PI. xvra. ; species from South America. 



B) With outer toe longer than inner; with claw of middle toe entire. 

 (Base of bill covered by setaceous, decomposed plumules.) 



Nyctibius VIEILL. Bill broad, narrowed at the tip, with lower 

 mandible much curved and bent down towards the tip. Nostrils 

 lateral. Wings with second and third quills longest of all. Tail 

 long, rounded or even. Tarsi very short, strong. Toes conjoined 

 at the base by membrane. Claws curved, compressed. 



Sp. Nyctibius grandis, Caprimulgus grandis GM., BUFF. PI. enl. 335, GRAY 

 Gen. PI. xvi. Nyctibius leucopterus MAXIM., DESM. PI. peint. 49, &c. ; 

 all species from South America. 



^Egotheles VIGORS. Bill small, broad at the base, with the tip 

 of both mandibles bent down. Decomposed, divergent, erect plumes 

 at the base of bill. Toes free. Wings with third and fourth quills 

 longest of all. Tail long, graduated. 



Sp. jEgotheles novce Hollandice VIG., Caprimulgus novce Hollandice LATH., 

 WHITE New S. Wales, PL 29* p. 241, PHILLIP Bot. Bay, PI. 42, p. 270, 

 LAFRESNAYE in GUERIN Magas. de Zool. 1837, Ois. PI. 82. This species, 

 and another also later discovered (JEgotheles leucogaster GOULD), is found 

 in New Holland. This genus is more closely allied to Podargus than to 

 Caprimulgus. 



Podargus Guv. 1 Bill broader at the base than forehead, with 

 culmen convex, tip hooked ; upper mandible by its margin over- 



1 R. Ani. 1817, Tom. iv. Corrections ct Additions, p. 172. 



