344 GOATSUCKER. 



Inhabits New South Wales with the last, and like it most frequent 

 in July. The native name Bir-reagel. 



12— GRACILE GOATSUCKER. 



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



Gracile Goatsucker, Gen. St/n. Sup. ii. 263. Shatv's Zool. x. 145. 



THIS is likewise a large species. The bill stout, pale brown, 

 hooked at the point, with several erect bristles at the nostrils ; irides 

 and legs yellow; the plumage above mottled and streaked, not greatly 

 unlike our European Species; but the body seems to be of a more 

 slender make, and has a larger tail in proportion : it is spotted on the 

 top of the head with white ; all the under parts from the chin are 

 whitish, streaked with ferruginous yellow; quills dusky, crossed with 

 six or seven whitish bars ; tail long, even at the end, with eight or 

 nine dark bars, edged with white; quills reach to about half the 

 length. 



Inhabits New South Wales; called by the natives, Poo-book.* 



13— FORK-TAILED GOATSUCKER. 



Caprimulgus forficatus, Ind. Orn. Sup. p. lix. 



Engoulevent a Queue fourchue, Levail. Ois. i. 178. pi. 47. 48. 



Fork-tailed Goatsucker, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 264. Shaw's Zool. x. 167. 



THIS is a very large species, and in length twenty-six inches, 

 the body does not exceed the size of the Brown Owl, but the neck 

 and the tail make two-thirds of the length. Bill black, much bent, 

 and when closed, appears very small ; on the contrary, the gape is 

 astonishingly large; the upper mandible has a singular kind of notch 

 about the middle, into which the under one shuts, whereby the 

 union of the two is most complete ; the plumage is greatly similar to 



* In New-Holland more than one or two of the Owls go bv this name. 



