



GOATSUCKER. 



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GENUS LIII — GOATSUCKER. 



* With moderate Bills. 



13 Fork-tailed 



28 Georgian 



1 European Goatsu 



:ker 



14 Fichtel's 



29 White-throated 



2 Long-tailed 





15 Grand 



30 Berbice 



3 J a van 





16 Jamaica 



31 White-necked 



4 Bombay 





17 Paraguan 



32 Guiana 



A Var. 





18 Scissars-tailed 



33 Rufous 



B Var. 

 C Var. 



5 Chuppa 



6 Indian 



7 Leona 





19 Ethereal 



20 Virginia 



21 White-collared 



22 Whip-poor-Will 



34 Brazilian 



35 Gold-collared 



* * With large Sf strong Bills 



36 Great-headed 



8 New-Holland 





23 Carolina 



37 Trinidad 



9 Bristled 





24 Popetue 



38 Wedge-tailed 



10 Banded 





25 Grey 



39 Cold River 



11 Strigoid 





26 American 



40 Horsfield's 



12 Gracile 





27 Sharp-tailed 





A HE bill in this Genus is short, and hooked at the end ; the gape 

 in general vastly wide ; on the edges of the base of the upper man- 

 dible, in most of the species, several stiff bristles. 



Tongue small, entire at the end. 



Tail consisting of ten feathers. 



Legs short, toes united by a membrane to the first joint, claw of 

 the middle one broad-edged; and in many jagged, or serrated. 



Owing to the great similarity of plumage, the ornithologist must 

 perceive the difficulty of discriminating some of the species, with 

 sufficient precision ; independent of the difference of the quills and 

 tail feathers, which vary much in the two sexes, as well as at the 

 various periods of age. 



Much difference may be observed in respect to the structure and 

 strength of the bills ; which in the greater part are weak, as in the 

 Swallow tribe, while others have that part to a degree strong and 

 enlarged ; hence the propriety of forming them into two division 

 will be obvious; yet the making two Genera of them may be less 

 allowable, as the manners of the whole exactly coincide. 



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