GOATSUCKER. 355 



by the name of Chuck-will's- Widow ; and in the northern provinces, 

 Whip-poor- Will ; though, according to Kalm, the sound is more like 

 Whipperivvhip, with a strong accent on the first and last syllable; it 

 appears the end of April, and departs in August. 



24 — POPETUE GOATSUCKER. 



Caprimulgus Popetue, Vieill. Amer. i. p. 56. pi. 29. Shaw's Zool. x. 164. 



LENGTH eight inches and a half. Bill black ; general colour 

 of the plumage above dusky brown, marked with white and pale 

 rufous spots; chin and throat pale buff-colour; wing coverts white 

 at the ends ; quills in general black, but the third, fourth, and fifth, 

 are crossed in the middle with a white band, which appears trans- 

 parent at a certain distance; tail black, forked, crossed with rufous 

 white bands ; several of the outer feathers white, crossed with narrow 

 bars of black; wings and tail equal in length. 



Inhabits America ; and at first sight might appear to be related 

 to the Carolina Species; but according to M. Vieillot, it differs in 

 colour, as also in size, and form of the tail, as well as manners. 



25— GREY GOATSUCKER. 



Caprimulgus griseus, Ind. Orn. ii. 584. Gm. Lin. i. 1039. 



L'Engoulevent gris, Biif. vi. 548. 



Grey Goatsucker, Gen. Syn. iv. 592. Shaw's Zool. x. 161. 



LENGTH thirteen inches. Bill twenty lines long, brown 



above, yellowish beneath; general colour of the plumage grey; 



wings dusky black, barred with pale grey ; tail more than five 



inches long, brownish grey, barred with brown, and very little 



longer than the wings. 



Inhabits Cayenne. 



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