362 GOATSUCKER. 



on the crown and nape, and irregularly transverse on the rest of the 

 upper parts, with a mixture of black markings; the under parts not 

 far different in colour from the upper, but the markings are all placed 

 transverse, being narrow rufous bars, edged above and below with 

 black or dusky; on each side, from the gape, a white band, passing 

 in the direction of the jaw, and under the throat; quills black, the 

 five or six first marked about the middle with a white spot ; the tail 

 three inches long, nearly even, but the outmost feather is nearly half an 

 inch shorter than the rest ; the four middle irregularly mixed fulvous 

 grey, and rufous, with six or seven narrow irregular blackish bands ; 

 the rest of the tail feathers black ; the wing, when closed, reaches to 

 within about an inch of the end of the tail ; legs brown. 



Inhabits Guiana, and is found among the shrubs in the morning 

 and evening. It is said to repeat the three syllables Mont-voy-au, 

 very distinctly, whence the name given to it. 



33— RUFOUS GOATSUCKER. 



Caprirnulgus rufus, Ind. Orn. ii. 58G. Gm. Lin. i. 1030. Vieitl. Am. i. p. 57. pi. 25. 



L'Engoulevent roux de Cayenne, Bvf. vi. 550. 



Crapaud volant, ou Tette-chevre de Cayenne, PL enl. 735. 



L'Ibiyau roux, Voy. d'Azara, iv. No. 311. 



Rufous Goatsucker, Gen. Syn. iv. 597. Shaw's Zool. x. 163. 



LENGTH ten inches and a half. Bill pale brown, small; from 

 the tip to the gape one inch and a half; irides yellow ; plumage in 

 general more or less rufous, irregularly marked with black in different 

 shades, streaked longitudinally on the upper parts, and mixed with 

 irregular and oblique markings; wing coverts, and most of the under 

 parts, crossed with blackish lines, which increase in breadth as they 

 are more backward ; the upper part of the belly most inclines to 

 black, the lower to rufous ; quills barred alternate rufous and black, 

 appearing like small chequers ; tail four inches long, or more, some- 

 what rounded at the end, mottled not unlike the back, and crossed 



