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SHARP-TAILED GOATSUCKER. 

 • (Caprimulgus acutus.) 



Ca. nigricanie jasciatus suprn griseus subtus riifus, capite coU 

 loque riifo-fuscis, rectricibus apice subulatis. 



Dusky Goatsucker, banded with grey above, and rufous beneath ; 

 with the head and neck reddish brown ; tail-feathers awl- 

 shaped at the tip. 



Caprimulgus acutus. GmeL Syst. Nat, 1. 1031. — Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. 2. 58/. 13. 



L'Engoulevent acutipenne de la Guiane. Buff, Hist, Nat, Ois. 



6. 547.— Buff, PI, Enl. 732. 

 Sharp-tailed Goatsucker. Lath. Gen, Syn, 4. ^00. 13. — Lath. 



Syn, Sup. 195. - 



This species is in length seven inches and 

 a half : its beak is black : the top of its head and 

 neck transversely striped with rufous brown and 

 dusky ; sides of the former inclined to rufous : 

 back grey, with transverse black stripes : tail 

 larger than the wings, pale rufous, spotted with 

 black, and barred at the tip with black, the upper 

 edge of the bar being whitish : tips of the feathers 

 awl-shaped : legs black. Native of Guiana. 



