VIRGINIAN GOATSUCKER. • 153 



blue, sprinkled with black : quills blackish, varied 

 and edged with ferruginous : tail slightly forked, 

 and dusky, the webs spotted on each side with 

 ferruginous : legs reddish. 



VIRGINIAN GOATSUCKER. 

 (Caprimulgus virginianus.) 



Ca. Jusco-nigricante rufescente cinereoque variuSy subtus albidus 



Jasciis nigricantibus, gula maris lunula alba. 

 Goatsucker varied with dusky brown, reddish, and cinereous ; 



beneath whitish, with dusky bands ; throat of the male with 



a white crescent. 

 (Caprimulgus virginianus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 1028.^ — Lath. 



Ind. Orn. 2. 585. Q. — Vieil, Ois. de VAmer. Sept. ]. 55. 

 Caprimulgus vociferus. Wils. Amer. Orn. 5. yi. pi. 41. 1. male. 



S.'female. 



Le Whip poor Will. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 534. * 

 L'Engoulevent criard. Vieil. Ois. de I* Amer. Sept. 1. 55.pl. 23. 

 Virginia Goatsucker. Lath, Gen. Si/n. 4. 595. 6. — Lath. Syn, 

 Sup. 194. 6. 



This species is in length eight inches : its beak 

 is garnished on the sides with bristles : the whole 

 of the upper parts of the body are of a dull brown, 

 slightly mixed with ash-colour, variegated, and 

 banded transversely with rufous brown, and very 

 prettily sprinkled with grey : quills dusky ; the 

 five first marked with a white spot on both the 

 webs, the first quill excepted, which has it only 

 on the inner one : above the eyes, and behind the 



