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NOCTURNAL GOAT-SUCKER. Class II. 



GENUS XXX. GOAT-SUCKER. 



Bill very short, bent at the end, bristles round 



the base. 

 Nostrils tubular, very prominent. 

 Tail consisting often feathers, not forked. 



1. Noctur- Caprimulgus Europeus. C ni- 

 NAL. g er cinereo fusco ferrugineo 



et albo varius, subtus albo- 



rufescensfasciisfuscis. Lath. 



Ind. orn. 584. id. Syn. iv. 



593. id. Sup. i. ig4. 

 L'Effraye on Fresaye. Belon 



av. 343. 

 Caprimulgus, Geissmclcher. 



Gesner av. $41. 

 Calcobotto. Aldr. av. i. 288. 

 Fern Owl, Goatsucker, Goat 



Owl. Wil. orn. 107. Also, 

 Churn Owl. Rail Syn. av. 



26. Cat. Carolin. i. 8. 

 Dorhawk, accipiter Cantha- 



rophagus. Charlton ex. 79- 

 Le Tette Chevre ou Crapaud 



volant. Brisson av. ii. 470. 



Tab. 44. Hist, d'ois. vi. 512. 



PL Enl. 193. 

 Cova terra. Zinanni, 94. Sco- 



poli, No. 254. 

 Caprimulgus Europeus. Gm. 



Lin. 1027. 

 Natskrafa, Natskarra, Quall- 



knarren. Faun. Suec. sp. 



274. 

 Hirundo cauda aequabili. H. 



caprimulga. Klein av. 81. 

 Nat-Ravn, Nat-Skade, Af- 



ten-bakke. Brun. 293. 

 Mucken stecker, Nachtrabb. 



Kram. 381. 

 Br. Zoo!. 97. Tab. It. R. 1. 



Arct. Zool. ii. 136. 



i-VLEIN hath placed this bird in the swallow 

 tribe, and styles it a swallow with an undivided 

 tail. It has most of the characters of that ge- 

 nus ; a very small bill, wide mouth, small legs. 



