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GOATSUCKER. 



35— GOLD-COLLARED GOATSUCKER. 



Caprimulgus torquatus, Ind. Orn. ii. 587. Gm. Lin. i. 1032. 



Brasiliensis, Bris. ii. 481. Id. Svo. i. 292. 



Guira-querea, Raii, 27. 3. Will. 71. Id. Engl. p. 108. pi. 14. Klein, 82. 3. 

 Gold-collared Goatsucker, Gen. Syn. iv. 601. Shaw's Zool. x. 162. 



SIZE of a Lark in the body, but appears much larger, and 

 has long wings and tail ; upper mandible hooked, with ten or twelve 

 thick bristles ; eyes black ; the head large, flat, and broad ; general 

 colour of the plumage cinereous brown, marked with spots of a dull 

 yellow, as well as some whitish ones round the neck, intermixed 

 after the manner of a Sparrow Hawk ; round the neck, behind the 

 head, it has a ring of a dark golden colour ; the two middle tail 

 feathers eight inches long; the others much shorter; legs dusky; 

 claws black, the middle toe the longest, and the claw finely serrated. 

 Inhabits Brazil. 



** WITH LARGE AND STRONG BILLS. 



36— GREAT-HEADED GOATSUCKER. 



Caprimulgus megacephalus, Ind. Orn. Sup. lviii. 



Great-headed Goatsucker, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 265. Shaiv's Zool. x. 141. 



THIS seems to be the largest yet known, being full thirty inches 

 in length. The bill exceedingly stout, more so than in any species 

 which has come under our observation, colour pale brown ; irides 

 yellow ; the head and neck remarkably large, and full of feathers, 

 with a series of longer feathers, arising at the base of the bill, and 

 standing upright, like a crest; general colour of the plumage dull 



