!) l 2 CAPRIMULGID&. 



Sp. 'j. Po. Jiivcnsis. Linn. Trans. (Hors/icld,) v. xiii. p. 141. 

 — Horsf'. Zool. Res. — Potlargus cornutus. — Temm. PI. Col. 

 159. 

 Po. rufescente isabellinus, jusco pulverulentus ; cauda undulato 



Jasciata- 

 Reddish -yellow Podargus sprinkled with brown ; the tail with 

 undulated fascia?. 



Inhabits Java. Length nine inches : the head 

 is adorned with a tuft of long decomposed plumes on 

 either side, a little above and behind the eyes : these 

 feathers, and the bristles which surround the beak, 

 form a kind of horn, which nearly hides the eyes, and 

 gives a disproportionate size to the head ; they, and 

 also the sides of the neck, the back, and wings, are 

 bright red sprinkled with black : the nape has a whitish 

 collar : the scapulars are spotted with white : the 

 white feathers on these parts being tipped with black : 

 the tail is wedged and clear red, with seven or eight 

 bands of deep red, edged with black, and marked 

 with dusky zigzags on each feather : the forehead and 

 behind the eyes is whitish : the middle of the throat 

 and the fore part of the neck are white : the breast 

 and the belly are varied with large white spots, edged 

 with black, and disposed on the middle of the fea- 

 thers, which are margined with reddish : the abdo- 

 men is whitish : the legs are reddish, and the beak 

 is yellow. 



Sp. 3. Po. austral is. 



Vo.atcrrimus variegalus plumis nigro longitudinaliter lineatis api- 



cibtis nigris; remigibus pogoniis extemis maculis quinque albis ; 



cauda pallida subfasciaid. 



