AFRICAN GOATSUCKER, 



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web : the tail marked the same as the quills, but 

 the two middle feathers are likewise mottled as 

 the back ; the two outer ones on each side have 

 the ends white for about an inch, but the white 

 extends higher up on the outer webs : the middle 

 toe is greatly pectinated. Inhabits Bombay, in 

 the East Indies." ' 



AFRICAN GOATSUCKER. 

 (Caprimulgus Africanus.) 



Ca. cinerascenSy nigro Jerrugineogiie varius, striga verticali nigri" 



cante, gula, alba, lateribus colli aurantiis. 

 Ash-coloured Goatsucker, varied with black and ferruginous ; 



the crown of the head with a dusky stripe ; throat white ; sides 



of the neck orange. 

 L'Engoulevent a collier. Le Vail, Oisnd" Afriq, 1. 186. p^. 49- 

 Bombay Goatsucker. Lath, St/n, Sup, II, 260, 1. 



Described by Le Vaillant, who tells us it is the 

 size of C. europasus : it has great affinity to the 

 preceding, but differs in having the white on the 

 throat spreading out on the sides of the neck to 

 bright orange: the female is much smaller, has 

 the throat rufous white, but is destitute of the 

 orange mark on the sides of the throat, and re- 

 sembles C. asiaticus more than the male: she has 

 a rufous spot on the tail, which is white in the 

 male. 



Le Vaillant observes that this species is well 



