PODARGUS HUMERALIS, Vigors # Horsfield. 

 Cold River Goatsucker. Latham. 



PLATE LXXXVIII. 



P. plumis frontis apicibus albis nigro fasciatis, capitis, medio nigris, ad latera 

 undulata, apicibus albo punctatis, pogoniis griseo, ferruginea brunneoque va- 

 riegatis; seta? capistri numerosse densae, elongatae, nigro alboque variis, an- 

 trorsum spectantes ; mento, gulo pectoreque griseis, fasciolis albis, mento 

 rachi solum nigra, gula striis angustis, pectore striis latioribus ; abdomine, 

 hypochondriis crissoque albis, plumis ferrugineo punctatis, apicibus albis, me- 

 dio nigro striatis ; femoribus nigrescente-brunneis ; alis, remigibus, seconda- 

 riis brunnescente-nigris his pogonio interno fasciis fulvis, externo albo ferru- 

 gineo notatis ; his albo-ferrugineo variegatis, colore brunnescente per rachin 

 extendente ; tertiis brunneo alboque variis striga undulata nigro medio, pri- 

 mis pogoniis fulvo maculatis, fulvo-nigro circumdatis, exterioribus albis, fer- 

 rugineo fasciatis, humeris castaneis, plumis in pogonio externo ad apicem al- 

 bis fascia albicante apparens. Cauda cuneata ferrugineo, nigro alboque varia. 



Cold River Goatsucker, hath. Gen. Hist. vol. vii. p. 36j}. No. 39- 



Podargus humeralis, Vigors &; Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xv. part i. p. 198. 



We have only a single specimen of this species in our possession, and af- 

 ter comparing it minutely with the descriptions of P. Stanleyanus and hu- 

 meralis of Messrs. Vigors and Horsefield, we have referred it to the last 

 in which we are borne out by the lesser size, the white plumes of the fore- 

 head, and the fulvous bands on the wings. These gentlemen, however, do 

 not mention the form of the tail, which, in our bird, agrees with the for- 

 mer. Both certainly approach each other nearly, and may be different 

 sexes, but the examination of numerous specimens of each, and the know- 

 ledge of their native habits, can only determine this. 



The length of our specimen is 1 9^ inches, while that of P. Stanleyanus, 

 according to its describers in the Linnean Society's Transactions, is 23. 

 The general shade of the plumage is a reddish-grey, with markings of a 



