70 CLASS AVES. 



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Aculeated Swallow. Lath. H. Pelasgia. Lin. PL 

 Enl. 726. Catesby's Carolina, 8. 



Brown ; throat whitish. 



Cypselus giganteus. PI. Col. 364. 



Body black ; neck brown ; tail and wing-coverts and 

 side of belly, bottle-green ; back and scapulars, dull 

 ash ; sides of belly and vent, white ; tarsi naked. 



H. albicollis. Vieil. Cypselus collaris. Pr. Max. 

 col. 195. 



Sooty black in general ; deeper on the body than wings 

 or head ; a white collar. Brazil. 



H. caudacuta. Lath. Chcetura australis. Step. 



Dusky, tinged with shining green ; forehead and 

 throat white. New Holland. 



H. Pacifica. Lath. 



Dull brown ; throat and rump whitish. New South 

 Wales. 



H. Oooyura. Vieil. 



Throat whitish, tail coverts blackish, varied with red- 

 dish brown. South America. 



Chcetura Sabini. Gray. MSS. 



Bluish black ; belly and rump white. Africa. 

 Capt. Sabine. 



The Goatsuckers. Caprimulgus. Linn. 



Have the same light soft plumage, and shaded with 

 gray and brown, which characterizes the nocturnal 

 birds. Their eyes are large ; their beak is still more 



