122 CAPRIMULG1D.E. 



Chaetura caudacuta. NEEDLE-TAILED SWIFT. 



Hirundo caudacuta LatJiam, Ind. Orn. Suppl. ii. 1801, 

 p. Ivii : Australia. 



Acanthyllis caudacuta (Lath.) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 74; 



Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 265. 

 Chsetura caudacuta Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. 1892, p. 472. 



Caudacuta = with a sharp tail ; cauda=tail, acut us = sharp; derived from 

 the spine-like tips of the rectrices. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Bare Visitor, which 

 has occurred twice : at Great Horkesley, Essex, July 

 1846, and at Ringwood, Hampshire, July 1879, when two 

 were seen, one of which was shot. 



General Distribution. The Needle-tailed Swift breeds in 

 eastern Siberia, Mongolia, Manchuria, Saghalien, and Japan, 

 migrating in winter to Australia and Tasmania. A closely 

 allied form, C. nudipes, inhabits the Himalaya. 



Suborder CAPEIMULGI. 

 Family CAPRIMULGID.E. 



Genus CAPB1MULGUS Linnaus, Syst. Nat. 1758, 

 p. 193. 



Type : C. europceus Linn. 



Caprimulgus = goat-milker, from caper and mulgere; from a superstition 

 referred to by Pliny, H. N. x. 56. 



Caprimulgus europasus. NIGHTJAR. 



Caprimulgus europseus Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1 758, p. 193 : 



Sweden. 



Caprimulgus europseus Linn. ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 75 ; 

 Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. 1892, p. 526; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 267. 

 Europseus = of Europe. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A regular Summer 

 Visitor from May to September and occasionally until 

 November. Generally distributed, except in the Shetland 



