CAPRIMULGUS LENTIGINOSUS. 



Form, &c. — Bill triangular, immediately anterior to frontal feathers much 

 depressed and the upper mandible is rather wider than the lower, and toward s 

 its point slightly curved. Wings long, slightly rounded, and when folded 

 reach to within an inch of the tip of the tail, the second and third quill 

 feathers nearly if not of equal length, and longest, the first about half an inch 

 shorter, and about equal to the fourth; the secondary and tertiary quill 

 feathers very short, scarcely reaching to the base of the tail. Tail long and 

 slightly rounded. Tarsi and toes moderately strong, the former posteriorly 

 and anteriorly towards toes scutellated, towards hinder extremity feathered. 

 Claw of middle toe long, slightly curved, and strongly pectinated ; claws of 

 other toes short, pointed, and strongly curved. 



DIMENSIONS. 



Inches. Lines. 

 Lengtli from the point of the bill to 



Inches. Lines. 

 Length of the tarsi lOg 



the tip of the tail 10 6 | of the outer toe 4J 



of the bill to the angle of the 



mouth 1 4 



of wings when folded 7 6 



ofthetail 5 4 



of the middle toe 9 



of the inner toe 4 



of the hinder toe 2 



Male. — Colours not known. 



The two individuals I possess were procured in Great Namaqualand ; the one, when it was 

 shot, was seated upon a high road, and the other was skimming around a pool of stagnant 

 water, and occasionally darting from its general course as if to capture insects. Many other 

 individuals, probably of the same species, were observed in the same country ; but as they all 

 kept so extremely close to the edge of the brushwood, and never appeared till the dusk was 

 about giving place to darkness, two specimens only were obtained. 



