340 GOATSUCKER. 



The one referred to above is found in Java, which Dr. Horsfield 

 informs us, is called Chaba : it seems in many points to agree with 

 the Bombay Species. 



6- INDIAN GOATSUCKER. 



Caprimulgus Indicus, Ind. Orn. ii. 588. 



Indian Goatsucker, Gen. Syn. Sup. 196. Shaw's Zool. x. 158. 



In this the crown and back are whitish ash-colour, marked 

 with minute, dusky lines ; cheeks, breast, wing coverts, and secon- 

 daries beautifully marked in the same manner, with lines and large 

 spots of rust ; prime quills dusky ; middle of the tail light ash, 

 crossed with a few black bars, the outmost feather rusty, and black. 



Inhabits India. — Lady Impey. 



In the drawings of Sir J. Anstruther is one similar, nine inches 

 long. Bill short, blunt, scarcely hooked, with slender hairs, standing 

 forwards; irides dusky; plumage in general dark brown, mottled 

 minutely with ferruginous ; beneath from the breast pale buff, 

 mottled across with dusky lines ; tail rounded, shorter than in the 

 Bombay Species, crossed with six dusky bars ; the quills reach to 

 near the end of the tail ; legs stout, dusky red, claws small, and 

 short. 



A bird, greatly corresponding with the last description, is among 

 the drawings of General Hardwicke — size, and plumage in general, 

 much the same ; on the wings several triangular, longish, pointed 

 dashes of black; second quills rufous, with obscure spots; the 

 greater barred on the margins with reddish buff; under parts, thighs, 

 and vent, pale, and plain ; legs the same, but covered with down to 

 the toes, which are brown, middle claw serrated. 



