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WHITE-THROATED GOATSUCKER. 

 ' (Caprimulgus albicollis.) 



Ca. rufo-fuscus alho nigricanteque varius, subtus Jusco nigricans 



teque transversim liiieatus, gula macula triangulari alba. 

 Red-brown Goatsucker, varied with black and white ; beneath 



transversely striped with dusky and brown ; throat with a 



triangular white spot. 

 Caprimulgus albicollis. GmeL Sijst. Nat. 1. 1030. — Lath. Ind, 



Orn, 2. 5S5. 7. 

 White-throated Goatsucker. Lath. Gen. Sy7i. 4. 5gQ. 7- 



Described by Dr. Latham from the collection 

 of Major Davies : it is in " length ten inches and 

 a quarter : beak brown with a black tip : nostrils 

 rather prominent : plumage rufous brown dotted 

 with black : head streaked with black ; upper 

 part of the body the same, but more obscure : the 

 scapulars and most of the outer wing-coverts have 

 a black band near the end, and the tips yellowish 

 buff : lesser quills spotted with rufous cream- 

 colour on the outer web ; the greater dusky black, 

 crossed about the middle with a white bar : tail 

 somewhat cuneiform ; the four middle feathers 

 like the back, and crossed with dusky bars ; the 

 next on each side white ; the last but one white 

 on the inner web, and dusky black on the outer, 

 but near the base is a white spot ; the outer 

 feathers dusky black, but white on the inner web 

 near the base : the under parts are pale brown 

 crossed with dusky lines : on the throat is a large 



