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forked tails approaching Hirundo. There is one also 

 in America, the forks of whose tail are longer than 

 the body. The middle claws of these species with 

 forked tails is not indented. 



Scissor-tailed Goatsucker. Lath. Caprimulgus 

 Cornutris, Vieil. Urutau Azara, n. 308. C Grandis, 

 Gml. C. psalurus. Tern. PL Col. F. 157-158. PI. 

 Enl. 325. 



Body olive-red, varied with black and brown ; beneath 

 red, brown, and black ; belly whitish-brown ; throat 

 reddish ; side of the face with egrets. 



Fork-tailed Goatsucker. Cap. Forjicatus. Vieil. 

 Yail. O. A. p. 47-48. C. Furcatus. Cuv. 



Black, brown, and white variegated ; tail very much 

 forked. Cape of Good Hope. 



Some have the tail forked, and the middle toe 

 serrated. 



Cap. Furcifer. Vail. Azara. 309. 



" Blackish; chest whitish, lined with reddish and 



blackish ; belly pale red ; quills blackish, cross-lined 

 with red and white ; feet feathered. 



Caprimulgus Rupestris. Spix. Braz. 



Throat whitish ; abdomen, middle of the wings, and 

 the sides of the tail, which is shortly furcated, white ; 

 chest brownish ; tarsi half naked. Brazil. 



Night Hawk. Capri. Virginian/us. Gm. C Ame- 

 ricanus. Wils. A. O. fi. 40. f. 12. C. Popetue. Vieil. 

 O. A.f.29. 



Bill without bristles ; tail forked, not reaching to the 



