CAPRIMULGIDjE. 



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GENUS XLV.— NYCTIBIUS, Vieillot. 



Rostrum valde dilatatum, 

 apice adunco ; mandibula 

 superior versus basin dente 

 obtuso instructa ; inferior 

 latior, marginibus externe 

 recurvatis. 



Digiti antici basi meinbra- 

 nula connexi ; laterales in- 

 aequales ; pollex crassus. 



Beak greatly dilated, with 

 the tip hooked ; the upper 

 mandible furnished with an 

 obtuse tooth towards the 

 base; the lower broader, 

 with its sides externally 

 recurved. 



Anterior toes connected at 

 the base by a small mem- 

 brane ; the lateral toes 

 unequal; the hinder one 

 short. 



Sp. 1. Ny, grandis. 



Caprimulgus grandis 

 Sp. 2. Ny. Jamaicensis. 



p. 144. — Jamaica. 

 Sp. 3. Ny? Steatornis. — Caprimulgus Steatornis. 



Steph. Vi x. 142. — South America. 

 Caprimulgus Jamaicensis. Steph. v, x. 



Humboldt. 



GENUS XLVI.— PODARGUS, Illie. 



Hostrum capite latius, ad 

 apicem abrupte acumi- 

 natum, deflexum ; mandi- 

 bula superior spatulsefor- 

 mis, culmine earinato. 



Nares lineares, supra squama 

 tectas. 



Alee cauda breviores. 



fissi ; ungues sub- 

 aequales, simplices. 



Digiti 



Beak broader than the head, 

 abruptly acuminate at the 

 tip, deflexed; the upper 

 mandible spatuliform, the 

 culmen carinated. 



Nostrils linear, covered by a 

 scale above. 



Wings shorter than the tail. 



Toes cleft ; claws nearly 

 equal, simple. 



Sp. 1. Po. megacephalus. 



Caprimulgus megacephalus. Steph. v.x.p. 141. 



-New Holland. 



