EUROPEAN GOATSUCKER. 



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A. European. 



Caprimulgus Europeus. Nattlkafwa. Quallknarran, Faun. Suec, N» 274. — La- 

 tham, ii. 593. 

 L'Engoulevent, De Buffon, vi. 512. — Br- Zool. i. N" — Lev. Mus. — Bl. Mus. 



r^ With head and back elegantly ftreaked with narrow lines of 

 black and grey, and with a few long oblong ftrokes of 

 black and ruft : belly barred with black and grey : wLngs black j. 

 each web finely marked with rufty fpots : near the ends of the three 

 firft primaries, a large oval white fpot : tail dufky, with regular fpots, 

 mottled with ruft and black ; ends of the two firft feathers white. 

 Female wants the fpots on the wings and tail. ' " 



It is found in Europe as far north as Sondmor^ and is common all over 

 Sibiria and Kamtjchatka ; and livt s not only in forefts, but in. open 

 countries, where it finds rocks or high banks for flicker^ 



Place. 



In Kamts- 



CHATKA. 



Dl V. 



