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CAPRIMULGIN2E. 



toe equal ; the hind toe short, and the claws short, except that of the middle toe, which is long and 

 pectinated. 



The species of this genus inhabit India, its isles, and Australia. They migrate, and are therefore occasionally found 

 in the open parts of the forest, or on cleared land, where during the twilight they skim about with great rapidity in 

 search of nocturnal insects. During the clay they remain quiet among the underwood, or on the shady side of a large 

 tree, close to the root, and, if disturbed, seek their safety by flying to a branch of some high tree. 



(Vig. & Horsf.) Gould, Linn. Trans, xv. p. 

 s albimaculatus Cuv. ; C. mysticalis Temm. 



1. E. albogular 

 194. — Caprimulj 

 PI. col. 410. 



2. E. guttatus (Vig. & Horsf.) Gould, Linn. Trans, xv. p. 192. 



3. E. macrourus (Horsf. (?)) Gould, Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 142., 

 Gould, B. of Austr. pi. 



4. E. ? Wiedersperyii Reichenb. All. deuts. Naturh. Zeit. 1846. 

 p. 270. t. 5. 



5. E. macrotis (Vigors), Proc. Z. S. 1831. p. 97-, Gould, 

 Icones Avium, pi. 



6. E. Temminckii Gould, Icones Avium, pi. — Caprimulgus 

 pulcher A. Hay ; C. imberbis Temm. 



7. E. cerviniceps Gould, Icones Avium, pi. — Type of Lyn- 

 cornis Gould (1838). 



January, 1847. 



