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beneath the eyes, as in many of the Genus; irides yellow; at the 

 base of the bill a few trifling bristles ; the head is full of feathers, 

 of a dirty flesh-colour, the rest of the neck and under parts of the 

 body much the same, with a tinge of ferruginous; under the eye, 

 on the sides of the neck, and beneath the wings, crossed with 

 numerous broken lines and markings ; the crown of the head and 

 nape are black, curving forwards on each side over the eye; across 

 the back part of the neck a broad band of black, coming forwards 

 on each side, about the middle, where it divides into two parts ; the 

 back and wings are dusky blue, powdered with black ; quills dusky, 

 edged and spotted with dusky rust-colour ; tail a trifle forked, dusky, 

 marked with dull, pale, ferruginous spots on both webs of the 

 feathers, and crossed with ten or eleven obsolete bars of a darker or 

 dusky colour ; legs reddish flesh-colour. 



Inhabits New South Wales ; called by the English, Musquito 

 Hawk ; no doubt for the same reason that a similar name is given to 

 the North American Species. Most frequent in July. 



ll.-STRIGOID GOATSUCKER. 



Caprimulgus Strigoides, Ind. Orn. Sup. p. lviii. 



Strigoid Goatsucker, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 262. Shaw's Zoo/, x. 143. 



THIS is twice the size of the European Species, appearing at 

 first sight, from being full of feathers, like the Short-eared Owl. 

 The bill black; general colour of the plumage above rusty brown, 

 marked on the head with darker coloured streaks, and the back 

 mottled and streaked with the same ; sides of the head, through the 

 eye, pale brown ; above it a pale, clouded, whitish streak ; on the 

 wing coverts are three oblique, palish, mottled bars; quills brown, 

 with pale spots on the outer margins ; the under parts of the body 

 not unlike the upper, marked with narrow, sagittal streaks of brown; 

 tail somewhat forked ; legs yellowish. 



