v ORDO AVIVM. 81 



tate capitis breve, tenue, quafimembranaceum, ad radicem latum, com- Fam. 

 preffum, mox in apicem decrefcens; hinc rictum pro volumine corporis * v - 

 amplum, cis oculos fiflum, ut infecta vel in aere vel in terra vel fuper terra y^' 

 aut aqua vel ex parietibus jedificiorum facilius prehendere poflit; merito 

 mox poft Ficedulas locanda ; pedibus breviflimis, unguibus tamen ad hx- 

 rendum acutis, longisque alis. Hi funt Hirundinum characleres. Cau- 

 da diftinguitur in Tribus duas. Alteri genti cauda xquabilis eft, i. e. noi* 

 divifa; alterius gentis medispennse in cauda breviflimae funt, ut cauda 

 divifa appareat; unde qusedam inftrumenta opificum cau&e Hirundinwn, 

 <54)WaU>W-"<5cf)Wdn$f, vocantur. 



§. XXXVII. 

 . T R I B V S L Tr.l. 



hirvndo cavda aeqvabili. <5tf)iMoe mit ojetdjtanaen 



@d)Wan^§ebern 4 Caprimulgus; JjpfJJf, communiter. Avis nocturna 

 anomalaCuculi colore, riclu Hirundinis apodis. Catal. av.Petrop.p.joj. 

 Pluries & mane & vefpere vagabundas necavi. 



I. Hirvndo Caprimvlga. Caprimulgusywz/>/raf£r. Strix. @C0& 



fcattige <5dm>aloe; Jpeye, ^ildj'3ieaerifaiiger; $tnber<3JWcfcr; 

 £ag<<5d){dtfer; Sttad)t<<5d)aoe; 9}ad)t:23oac{; 9>faffe; Scbwenk. 



p. 232. 353. Goat Sucking-Owl; or Night Jarr, Charlet. p. 8. Hirundo 

 cauda integra, ore fetis ciliato, Linn. Leleck RuJJis. 



MagnitudineCuculi; NominaStrigis, Caprimulgi, Noctambuli, ex 

 fabulis originem trahunt; vefcitur infedtis majoribus & minoribus; in 

 ftomacho hujus avis inveni Mufcas varias , Scarabxos minores , & fex 

 majores Stercorarios nigros. A Dom. Limi£o Fauna Suec. optime defcri- 

 pta. Caprimulgus Carolinienfis Catesbeji noftratem bene repnefentat ; au- 

 toraddit: Avant la pluye Tairen eft rempli, c'efi alors qifils gueent, & 

 qifils pourfuivent les Mouches & les Efcarbots &c. Difierentia inter am- 

 bas hsec efi, quod illa, Carolinienfis, ad collum alasque luteo colore ma- 

 culata, quod fuper rectricibus alarum brevioribus ampla macula alba, cau- 

 daque paulo Iongior 'europxa, Edvvardus II. p. 63 aliam reprxfentat : 

 The Wbip Poor- VVilJ, or lefler Goui-Sucker ; quod nomen iuum- pro- 

 nunciat a fera vefpera ad primum mane, ita vocata. Conf. Caprimulgus 

 minor americanus : The Whip-poor-Wiil Catesbeji app, p. 16. 



II. Hirvndo Jamaicensis, Narievs Conspicilia Mentienti- 

 bvs. S5titten*^a|e; Caprimulgus feu Noctua fylvatica jamaic minor; 



L The 



