CAPRIMULGID^. 75 



Acanthyllis caudacuta, Newton, ii. p. 371, note; Dresser, 



iv. p. 613. 

 Cypselus caudacutus, Harting, p. 127. 



Caudacuia = with a sliarp tail, canda — the tail, acuttis = sharp ; from the 

 spine-like tips of its rectrices. 



One was shot at Great Horkesley, near Colchester, Essex, 

 July 8, 1846 (Zool. 1846, p. 1492; 1863, p. 8329), and 

 another near Eingwood, Hants, July 26, 1879 (P. Z. S. 1880, 

 p. 1, Zool. 1880, p. 81). It inhabits Eastern Siberia, China, 

 and the Himalayas, and winters in Eastern Australia. 



Family CAPRIMULGIDiE. 

 Genus CAPRIMtJLGTJS, Linnceus, S. N. i. p. 346 (1766). 



Caprimulgus = goat-milker, from caper + mulgeo ; from a superstition 

 referred to by Pliny, H. N. x. 56. 



Caprimulgus europgeus. Nightjar. 



Caprimulgus europseus, LAnnmus, S.N. i. p. 346 

 (1766). 



Caprimulgus europseus, Naum. vi. p. 141 ; Macg. iii. p. 633 ; 



Gray, p. 30 ; Newton, ii. p. 377 ; Gould, ii. pi. 1 ; 



Harting, p. 35 ; Dresser, iv. p. 631 . 

 Caprimulgus europeus, Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 270 ; id. ed. 3, ii. 



p. 280 ; Hewitson, p. 270. 

 Nightjar, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 242. 



Ewopietis = of Europe. 



Commonly distributed in summer throughout Great Britain 

 and Ireland, but rather local in the latter island. It is a 

 summer resident throughout Europe, ranging as far east as 

 Central Asia, migrating into Africa in winter. 



CaprimulgllS ruficollis. Eed-necked Nightjar. 



Caprimulgus ruficollis, Temminck, Man. d^Orn. 

 p. 438 (1820). 



Caprimulgus ruficollis. Gray, p. 30; Newton, ii. p. 386 



