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2. Caprimiilgus rufus. 



Engmlevent rouoc de Cayenne, Month. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 581 '. 



Crapaud volant, ou Tette-chevre, de Cayenne, D'Aub. PI. Enl. 735 ^ 



Capnmulgus rufus, Bodd. Tabl. Enl. p. 46 ^ Hartert, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 566 ^ 



Antrostomus rufus, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1851, p. 183 '; Cory, Birds W. Ind. p. 136 ^ 



Antrostomm carolinensis, Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 203 (partim) \ 



C. carolimnsi similis sed minor, supra et subtus nigricantior, maouKs magnis caudalibus paulo brevioribus, lis 

 in rectrice secunda et tertia pogonio externo extendentibus ; setis rictaHbus simplicibus, fiamentis laterd- 

 ibTis baud instructis. Long, tota circa 10-5, alee 7-1, caudse 4-7, tarai 6-5, dig. med. cum ungue 0-9. 

 (Descr. maris ex Volcan de CMriqui. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui [Arce 7).— South America generally from Colombia 

 to South Brazil * ; Santa Lucia, W.I. « 



Though this Goatsucker has a close general resemblance to C. carolinmsis, so much 

 so that our only Central- American specimen was at first referred to that species ^, the 

 two birds are in fact very distinct. The present species may at once be distinguished 

 from its ally by the structure of the long strong rictal bristles ; the shafts of these 

 are bare and not furnished with the fine lateral filaments found in C. carolinensis, and 

 in it alone of the American Caprimulgidae. C. rufus therefore, in this respect, resemble* 

 the rest of the family. 



The range of this Goatsucker is very extensive and includes a large portion of 

 tropical South America. Its southern range includes the Brazilian province of Rio 

 Janeiro and its northern the West-Indian Island of Santa Lucia and Chiriqui within 

 our limits : from the latter country a single male specimen was sent us by our 

 collector E. Arce in 1870 ^ ^ ; it was accompanied with a male of C. carolinensis. 



3. Caprimulgus vociferus. 



Caprimulgus vociferus, Wils. Am. Orn. v. p. 71, t. 41 ' ; Hartert, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 568 ^ 

 Antrostomus vociferus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 367 'j Scl. & Salv. Ihis, 1860, p. 275'; Baird, 

 Brew., & Ridgw. Man. N. Am. Birds, ii. p. 413'; Lawr. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, 

 p. 31 '; Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 249"; Salv. Cat. Strickl. CoU. p. 379'; Ferrari-Perez, 

 Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 158 ' ; Herrera, La Nat. (2) i. pp. 179 ", 322 " ; Ridgw. Man. 

 N. Am. Birds, ii. p. 299 '' ; Cory, Auk, 1889, p. 276 ". 



Supra nigricans, fulvo minute irroratus ; capite summo griseo et nigro dense irrorato, stria lata mediana nigra ; 

 alls et scapularibus magis rufesoentibus, his maculis quibusdam nigris, aliis fulvis notatis, primariis nigri- 

 cantibus, maculis in pogoniis ambobus ruiis, regulariter fasciatis : subtus niger fulvo irroratus ; gula nigra 

 fulvo tenuiter fasciata, torque cervicali alba, pectore griseo irrorato, lateralibus isabellino indistincte guttatis ; 

 Cauda nigricante, supra undique sed indistincte griseo irrorata, reotricibus tribus externis albo late termi- 

 nata, maculis his extrorsum decrescentibus. Long, tota circa 9*0, alae 7'1, caudse 5-0, tarsi 0-72, dig. med. 

 cum ungue 0-8.5. (Descr. maris ex Sonteh, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



$ mari similis, maculis caudalibus parvis et isabellinis nee albis. 



Hab. NoETE America, Eastern States from Nova Scotia and Manitoba southwards ; 

 Texas ^ i^. — Mexico, Rio Fuerte in Sinaloa ( W. Lloyd 2), Sierra de Tepic ( W. B. 

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