150 



SHORT-WINGED GOATSUCKBIl. 



rainy weather : it is the size of the common Goat-^ 

 sucker : length rather more than eleven inches : 

 beak dusky, the upper mandible armed with bris- 

 tles : the upper parts of the plumage with alter- 

 nate zigzag lines of dusky and grey : wings spot- ^ 

 ted, and varied with longitudinal yellowish and 

 dusky streaks : quills barred with dusky and grey, 

 and with the outer webs spotted with yellow ; the 

 three first with a large white spot on the inner 

 v/eb: the sides of the head, and all the under parts 

 of the body, reddish grey, marked with longitUr 

 dinal dusky lines : from the gape along the jaw, 

 on each side, a white stripe, beneath which are a 

 fevf yellowish spots : crown of the head with a 

 few grey dashes : tail grey, crossed with dusky 

 bands and lines : legs brown : claws black. Inha- 

 bits Virginia and CaroHna: lays its eggs, which 

 are similar to those of the Lapwing, on the bare 

 ,ground. 



SHORT-WINGED GOATSUCKER, 

 (Caprimulgus brachj'pterus.) 



Ca. griseo nigricanteque undulatus, suhtus griseo-rufescens Jasciis 

 saturatioribus, gula albida, alis rufo nigroque mriegatiSf rec* 

 tricibus nigro Jusciatis. 



Goatsucker waved with grey and blackish; beneath reddish 

 grey, with dark fascia ; throat whitish ; wings variegated with 

 red and black, and the tail-feathers barred with black. 



Caprimulgus rufus. Vieil. Ois. de V Amer. Sept. 1. 57. 



Caprimulgus carolinensis. Wils. Amer, Orn, 6. 95. 



