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GOLD-COLLARED GOATSUCKER. 



The beak and eyes dusky, surrounded with a 

 yellowish white ring : prevailing colour of the 

 plumage above blackish, varied with small white 

 and yellow spots : the under parts variegated 

 with black and white : wings the length of the 

 tail : legs white. Inhabits Brasil. 



GOLP-COLLARED GOATSUCKER. 

 (Caprimulgus torquatus.) 



Ca. cinereo'fuscus maculis obscure Jlavis. et albicantihus mrius^ 

 collo torque aureo, rectricibus binis intermediis longioribus. 



Grey-brown Goatsucker, varied with obscure yellow and whitish 

 spots ; collar round the neck gold-coloured ; the two interme- 

 diate tail-feathers very long. 



Caprimulgus torquatus. Gmel, Si/st. Nat. 1. 1032*— Lath, Ind, 

 Orn, 2. 587. 15. 



Caprimulgus brasiliensis. Briss, 2. 481. 5. 



Gold-collared Goatsucker. Lath. Gen, Syn, 4. 601. 15. 



This small species is the size of a Lark : its 

 eyes are black : the prevailing colour of its plum- 

 age ash-coloured brown, varied with dull yellow 

 spots ; about the neck with whitish ones : nape with 

 a fine gold-coloured ring: the two middle tail- 

 feathers eight inches in length, the other shorter : 

 wings very long: legs dusky: claws black j the 

 middle one serrated. Inhabits Brasil, 



