CAPRIMULGI 



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CAPRIMULGI 



Definition^ — Anisodaotyle. Oil gland nude.' Eeotrioes, ten. AqtiintO' 

 cubital. Aftershaft present. Skull holorhiual. Soth carotids 

 present. Ceeca ^ large. Ambiens and accessory femorooaudal 

 absent. Deep flexor tendons of type V. 



This group of birds shows a considerable amount of 

 structural variation, which, allows of the separation of the 

 genera into at least two famiHes ; they are, however, all 

 united by the characters in the above definition. The 



Fio. 109.— Left Feet of Antrostormis Pig. 110.— Eight Foot of Podar.. 

 voaiferus (Bight-hand Fig.) and gus Cimeri (after Solatee). 



Nyctidromus albicolUs (afte» 

 Solatek). 



external aspect too of these birds, with the widely gaping 

 mouth and their generally softly tinted grey and brown 

 plumage, enables them to be readily distinguished from other 

 groups. 



' Sometimes said to be absent in Podargidse, but Fukbeinger found it in 

 Batrachostorrms. 



' Absent in ^gotheles. 



