BIRDS. PASSERES. 27. Caprimulgus. 40 



Houfe Martin. Lewin t. 12,5. Albin t. 56. a. Walcot t. 252. 



Length 5 inches and a half: extent 10 : weight about 5 drachms. 

 Bill black : mouth yellow within : iris hazel ; tail much less forked 

 than in the i wallow ; legs covered with short white down: claws 

 white. 



134. 11. n'paria. Willi 3 toes forward : mouse-bro\vn, 

 beneath white : a broad mouse-brown band across 

 the throat. 



Sand Martin. Lewin t. 126, Albin t. 56. b. Walcot t. 253. 



Length hardly 5 inches : extent about 10 inches. 



Bill dusky : iris hazel : tail with a slight cinereous edge: legs dusky, 

 a little feathered behind. 



135. H. Apus. With the toes all placed forwards : above 

 and underneath sooty-black : chin whitish. 



Swift. Br. Zool. t. ,58. Lewin t. 127. Walcot t. 254. 



Length near 8 inches : extent above 17 : weight an ounce. 

 Bill black: iris hazel : quill and tail-feathers with dusky margins t 

 legs very short, clothed to the toes with dusky feathers : claws 

 black. Female less, and more inclining to brown. 



27. CAPRIMULGUS. Goatsucker. 



136. C. eiiropaus. Variegated with black, brown, ferru- 

 ginous and white ; beneath reddish-brown, with nu- 

 merous dusky transverse lines. 



Night Swallow. Br. Zool. t. 59.. Lewin t. 128. Donovan t. 67. 



Length 10 inches and a half: extent 22 : weight 2 ounces and a half. 

 Sill dusky, short, weak: eves large: ins hazel: body elegantly 

 varied with black, grey, dark brown, ferruginous and white, dii- 

 pofed in fpots lines and bars : tail rounded : legs short, fcaly, fea- 

 thered below the knees. Male with a large white oval fpot on the 

 inner-web of the 3 first quill- feathers, and at the end of the 2 outer 

 tail-feathers. 



ORDER IV. COLUMBJ3. 



28. COLUMBA. Dove. Pigeon. 



137. C. CEnas. Pale bluish ash-colour: neck and breast 

 with a green and copper gloss : lower part of the 

 back whitish : wings with 2 black bands : tail tipt 

 with black. 



Stock Dove. Br. Zool.t. 4.5. Lewin t. 120. Donovan t. 107. 



Length near 14 inches : extent 22 : weight 11 ounces. 

 Bill and legs red : iris bright yellow : greater quill-feathers dusky, 

 with a whitish edge : breast inclining to clarety purple : sides 

 whitish : belly and vent pale ash-colour : tail dark bluish-grey, with 

 fometimes a black bar near the middle; the outer-feathers white 

 on the outer-webs near the bafe. 



138. C. Patumbus. Deep bluish ash : each side the neck 

 a glossy-white patch : angles of the wings and outer 

 quill-feathers edged with white : tail black at 

 the end. 



Ring Dove, Quest. Lewin t. 130. Walcot t. \%-j. 



Length near 18 inches : extent 30 : weight 20 ounces. 

 Sill yellowish ; iris bright yellow : back inclining to brown : 

 greater quills blackish, the outer-ones white on the outer edges : 

 fpurious wings nearly black, with a white line down to the quills : 

 lower-part of the belly and vent inclining to white : tail dark ash- 

 colour, black on the lower part: legs purplish-red, feathered be- 

 low the knees. 



