360 GOATSUCKER. 



and another opposite on the inner ; the two middle tail feathers 

 mottled, and crossed with seven or eight narrow dusky bars ; the 

 four others much the same, with a large spot of white on the inner 

 web, occupying from about one quarter from the base to half an inch 

 of the end, then a bar of black, the rest to the base again white ; 

 quills and tail of equal length ; legs pale brown, middle claw deeply 

 pectinated. — A second specimen of these differed in having no white 

 on the throat. 



One supposed to be the female, had the same general markings, 

 without the rufous crescent behind, or white on the throat ; and no 

 white on either quills or tail ; but on the four first quills was a rufous 

 spot on the inner webs ; and the tail feathers barred within with 

 rufous clay-colour; legs and toes as in the male, and the claws as 

 much pectinated. 



Inhabits Berbice. -In the collection of Mr. Mc. Leay. The 

 name attached was Sipyoc; but the supposed female was named 

 Wahoerajoe. 



31.— WHITE-NECKED GOATSUCKER. 



Caprimulgus Cayanus, Lid. Orn. ii. 587. Gm. Lin. i. 1031. 

 L'Engoulevent varie de Cayenne, Buf. vi. 545. 

 Crapaud-volant varie de Cayenne, PL enl. 760. 

 L'Ibiyau aux Ailes et Queue blanches, Voy. d'Azara,]v. No. 314. 

 White-necked Goatsucker, Gen. Syn. iv. 599. Nat. Misc. pi. 1045. Skate's Zool. x. 

 p. 159. 



LENGTH seven inches and a half. Bill black, at the base above 

 several long bristles ; irides yellow ; head grey, with fine transverse 

 lines of black, and a tinge of rufous ; neck behind the same, but 

 more distinct ; sides of the head, under the eye, marked with five 

 rufous streaks, transversely striped with black ; back rufous, marked 

 across with black in the same manner ; wing coverts grey and black 

 mixed ; on the wings a bar of white ; throat and fore part of the 



