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EVROPEAM GOATSUCKER. . , 



CenerIC ChaAacte^. 



feillflibrts hooked at tlie end ; gape very wide, extending 

 beyond the eyes; upper mandible furniflied with a 

 row of ftiff briftles along the edges. 



tongue pointed) entire. 



Legs ftiort and fcaly. 



Toes conne8:ed by a membrane as far as the firft joint^ 



middle claw ferrated. 

 l^ail compofed of ten feathers* 



Synonym^^ 



dA^ltlMi/tcus EtJRd^^tJS. Lin, Syjf. i. p, 346. 1. 



Ind, Orn. 2.^.584.5. JV, Curtis 

 Mfs. 



Nocturnal Goatsucker. Br, ZooL 2, ij^, tal^. 



Ih.foL 97. tah, R. 1. 

 European Goatsucker. Ar^i Zool, 2. p. 437. A, 



Hijl, Selherne, p, 62. 94. Lath. Syn. 



A'P' 593- 5- ihjupt,p, 194. Mont. 



bm.Di^.VoL u Bewick's Br, Birds^ 



Ft, i.p. 265. 



Length exceeding ten inches ; breath nearly eighteen ; 

 weight about three ounces. Bill fmall and weak; mouth 

 large ; indes large and dark ; legs fcaly, Ihort, feathered be- 

 low the knees ; the inner edge of the centre claw curioufly 



ferrated. 



