£69 
1. 
BOMBAY 
G. 
Dsscriprion. 
PLACE. 
GOATSUCKER. 
Genus XLVI]. GOATSUCKER. 
N° 1. Bombay G. N° 5. Great-headed G. 
2. New Holland G. 6. Gracile G. 
3. Banded G. 7. Fork-tailed G. 
4. Strigoid G. 8. Leona-G. 
Caprimulgus afiaticus, Jad. Orn. ii. p. 588. 16. 
L’Engouleyent a collier, Levail), O:/: i. p. 186. pl. 49. 
Bombay Goat-fucker, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 195+. 16. 
HIS, by 14. Levaillant, is likened to our European fpecies in fize,. 
and differs not in defcription from the Bombay Goat/ucker above 
referred to, except in having the white on the throat broadening out 
on the Sides into fine yellow orange. 
The female is faid to be fmaller; and the white on the throat in- 
clines to rufous, but without the accompanying orange feathers fo 
confpicuous in the male; and the fpot on the tail rufous inftead. of 
white. It is in the orange ftreak being a continuation. of the white 
one on the throat, that this bird differs from our Bombay f{pecies, in 
which it is not feen; and may arife from different periods of age. 
This is found in the inward parts of the Cape of Good Hope, but not 
at the Cape itfelf; is well known on the borders of the Gamfoos, in 
Hottniqua Land, efpecially towards the bay of Lagoa, or Blettenberg:; 
called there Night Ow/; feeds on infects, efpecially beetles, which it. 
takes from the ground, as it does others in flying, {wallowing them: 
whole, like the reft of this genus. 
They pair in September; lay two white eggs on the ground, fome- 
times in @ hedge; the male and female fit by turns: if the eggs are 
difturbed, 
