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ciatus. Back, dull gray. Interscapulars, with the central part of each 

 feather, black, terminating in a point ; the outer part of the web being broadly 

 fringed with a very pale fulvous, the inner with gray. Wings : primaries 

 brown, with fulvous marks, forming three irregular transverse bars, which are 

 scarcely visible when the wing is closed. Tail and upper tail- coverts, dull 

 coloured, very obscurely marked with transverse bars of gray and fulvous, of 

 different degrees of darkness. Under surface. — Throat white, edged with 

 fulvous on lower side. Breast, belly, and under tail-coverts, fulvous, with 

 numerous very narrow transverse bars of brown. The pale fulvous marks, 

 forming interrupted bars, are more plainly seen on this than on the upper side 

 of the tail. 

 Third primary, very little longer than second, and second than first. First rather 

 longer than fourth. Extremities of wings reaching within an inch and a 

 quarter of end of tail. End of tail more rounded than in last species. 



in. 



Total length 7| 



Wings ....... 5 



Tail 4 



Tarsi ...... 



Middle toe, from tip of claw to joint of foot 

 From tip of beak to rictus 



Habitat, La Plata, (September). 



This species is not uncommon on the wooded banks of the Parana, near 

 Santa Fe. If disturbed, it rises from the ground, in the same inactive manner 

 as the European species. I saw one alight on a rope diagonally, but not so com- 

 pletely in a longitudinal position as does the C. Europceus, nor transversely as 

 other birds. Mr. Gould observes, that " this goatsucker is full a third less than 

 the Caprimulgus Europceus, and is remarkable for the uniformity of its markings, 

 having no distinct white bars, or marks, either on the wings or tail." 



Family.— HIRUNDINIDiE. 



1. Progne purpurea. Bote. 



Hirundo purpurea, Wils. 



My specimens were obtained at Monte Video, (November) and Bahia Blanca, 

 39° S. (September) how much further southward this species extends I do not 

 know. Jardine says, that in North America it migrates during summer as far as 

 the Great Bear Lake, in Lat. 60° N. ; it is mentioned by M. Audubon, at New 

 Orleans, 30° N,, and by Mr. Swainson, at Pernambuco, in 8-§° S.; we may, there- 



