GOATSUCKER. 349 



19.— ^ETHEREAL GOATSUCKER. 



Caprimulgus aethereus, Maxim. Trav. i. p. 204. 



THIS is twenty-two inches in length. The plumage dirty red, 

 with dark brown and blackish spots; the upper small scapular 

 wing feathers form a dark brown spot ; a spotted transverse stripe of 

 the same colour marks the bottom of the breast. 



Inhabits Brazil, and has probably not been before noticed ; from 

 its large size is a conspicuous species ; it rises to a great height in the 

 air, and lowers like a Falcon ; but rarely within reach of gun shot. 



20— VIRGINIA GOATSUCKER. 



Caprimulgus Virginianus, Ind. Orn. ii. 5S5. Gm. Lin. i. 1028. Vieill. Am. i. p. 55. 



pi. 23. 

 Caprimulgus minor Americanus, Lin. i. 346. 1. jS. Gerin. i. 92. t. 100. Kalm. It. 



iii. 93. 

 Caprimulgus Virginianus, Bris. ii. 477. Id. Svo. i. 291. 

 Whip-poor- Will, Buf. vi. 534. Cat. Car. iii. pi. 16. Edw. pi. 63. 

 Short-winged Goatsucker, Arct. Zool. ii. No. 336. 

 Night Hawk, Amer. Orn. v. p. 65. pi. 40. f. 1. 2. 

 Virginia Goatsucker, Gen. Syn. iv. 595. Id. Sup. 194. Shaw's Zool. x. 153 ? 



THIS is less than the European Species. The bill to the gape 

 nine lines and a half, and beset with very short and weak bristles ; 

 plumage on the upper parts of the body dull brown, transversely 

 variegated, and blended with rufous brown, with here and there a 

 mixture of ash-colour, and a little portion of grey on the wings ; one 

 inch below the bend of the wing the edge is white for three quarters 

 of an inch ; above the eyes, and behind the neck, a few orange spots ; 

 beneath the eyes cinereous brown ; on the chin a white triangular 

 spot, bending downwards on each side, and mottled with orange 

 beneath ; the rest of the under parts reddish white, crossed with dusky 



