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JAMAICA GOATSUCKER. 

 (Caprimulgus Jamaicensis.) 



Ca. Jerrugineus nigro striatus, alis albo variegatis, remigihus 

 Juscis maculis albis, rectricibus Jasciis nigris. 



Ferruginous Goatsucker striped with black, with the wings 

 variegated with white; quills fuscous, with white spots ; tail- 

 feathers with black bands. 



Caprimulgus Jamaicensis. Gmel, Syst. Nat, 1. 1029. — Lath, 

 Ind. Ois. 2. 584. 2. 



Guira guerea. Bvff, Hist. Nat. Ois, 6. 536. 



Jamaica Goatsucker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 59I. 2. pi. 57. 



Length near eighteen inches : beak black, and 

 much curved at the tip : nostrils covered with 

 short feathers : eyes surrounded with a circle of - 

 feathers similar to an owl : irides reddish yellow : 

 upper part of the head, neck, and body ferru- 

 ginous, with the shafts of the feathers black, giving 

 the bird a mottled appearance : wing-coverts 

 brown near the body; the others ferruginous 

 and brown, mixed and spotted with black, with a 

 few of the inner ones variegated with white: quills 

 dark brown, with eight or nine white spots on 

 their outer edges: tail ash-coloured, sprinkled 

 with black, and barred with black brown: legs 

 strong, feathered to the toes, which are yellow : 

 claws black; the middle one not serrated. In- 

 habits Jamaica: is very scarce. 



