7^ CLASS AVES. 



Cap. Riifitorquis. Vieil. 



Above gray and black-banded, and black and gray 

 streaked ; beneath yellowish black, cross lined ; throat 

 white ; collar reddish ; three primaries internally white 

 spotted ; two outer tail-feathers white tipped ; Mar- 

 seilles. M. Baillon. 



The species of this genus are much involved in 

 obscurity. 



Some have the tail rounded or wedge-shaped, and 

 the middle claw serrated. 



C. Egyptius. Licht. C. Isabellanus. Teram. PI. 

 Col. 379. 



Tail equal ; a little longer than the wings ; Isabella 

 very finely marbled with thin ziz-zag lines ; outer 

 quill well banded with black ; inner spotted with 

 white ; half collar white. Egypt. 



Caprimiilgus Nuhicus. Licht. 



Tail equal, a little longer than the wings ; pale ash ; 

 crown, back, and coverts striated with black, and 

 spotted v/ith Isabella ; gula-band white ; chest and 

 belly, black waved. Length, eight inches. Nubia. 



Caprimulgus Icteropus. Vieil. 



Blackish gray, varied with ferrugineous and white ; 

 beneath reddish white ; croAvn banded ; Avings blackish 

 and yellowish, transversely streaked. China. 



Cap. Cyanus. Lath. Cap. Coyentienis. Gm. C. 

 Leucurvs. Vieil. PI. Enl. t. 760. 



Red and gray, variegated, and lined with black; throat 

 and wing-band white ; temples red, with five black 

 streaks; side-tail feather white edged; tail equal. 

 South America. 



