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Sp. 11. Ca. Carolinensis. Steph. v. x. p. 149. — North America. 



Sp. 12. Ca. brachypterus. Steph. v.x.p. 150. — North America. 



Sp. 13. Ca. rufus. Steph. v.x.p. 163. — Cayenne. 



Sp. 14. Ca. torquatus. Steph. v. x. p. 162. — Brazil. 



Sp. 15. Ca. semitorquatus. Steph. v. x. p. 160. — Cayenne. 



Sp. 16. Ca. Cayennensis. Steph. v.x.p. 159. — Cayenne. 



Sp. 17. Ca. acutus. Steph. v. x. p. 168. — Cayenne. 



Sp. 18. Ca. albicollis. Steph. v. x. 155. — Cayenne. 



Sp. 19. Ca. Nattereri. Temm. PI. Col. 107 ; male. 



Ca. corpore suprh, alls, Cauda, pectoreque, nigris rufo maculatis ; 

 gula nigricante semitorque albo ,* abdomine, crisso, tectricibusque 

 inferioribus caudce riifis, nigrojasciatis. 



Goatsucker with the body above, the wings, tail, and breast, 

 black spotted with red ; the throat dusky, with a white half- 

 collar; the belly, vent, and under tail-coverts rufous, barred 

 with black. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length eight inches and a half: 

 the ground colour of the upper parts of the plumage, 

 the wings, tail, and breast are black ; all the feathers 

 of those parts being prettily spotted with bright red : 

 the tail is distantly banded with very fine red zigzag 

 stripes : the outer webs of the quills are spotted with 

 red, and a row of ashy-reddish oblong spots is placed 

 at regular intervals on their inner webs : there are 

 several spots on the region of the ears, and on some 

 of the wing-coverts : the secondaries are tipped with 

 white and marbled with black : the throat is dusky, 

 and on its lower part is a large white half-collar : the 

 belly, vent, and lower tail-coverts are deep rufous, 

 barred with black : the fore part of the tarsi is fea- 

 thered, the rest naked : the beak is black : the tail is 

 very short, and the wings reach about an inch and a 

 half beyond its tips. 



