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CAPRIMULGIDiE. 



Sp. 2. Po. Javensis. Linn. Trans. {Horsfield,) v. xiii. p. 141. 

 — Horsf. ZooL Res. — Podargus cornutus. — Temm. PL Col. 

 159. 



Po. rufescente isabellinus, Jiisco pulverulentus ; caudd unduJato 

 Jasciatd. 



Reddish -yellow Podargus sprinkled with brown 3 the tail with 

 undulated fasciae. 



Inhabits Java. Length nine inches : the head 

 is adorned with a tuft of long decomposed plumes on 

 either side, a little above and behind the eyes : these 

 feathers, and the bristles which surround the beak, 

 form a kind of horn, which nearly hides the eyes, and 

 gives a disproportionate size to the head ; they, and 

 also the sides of the neck, the back, and wings, are 

 bright red sprinkled with black : the nape has a whitish 

 <jollar : the scapulars are spotted with white : the 

 white feathers on these parts being tipped with black : 

 the tail is wedged and clear red, with seven or eight 

 bands of deep red, edged with black, and marked 

 with dusky zigzags on each feather : the forehead and 

 behind the eyes is whitish : the middle of the throat 

 and the fore part of the neck are white : the breast 

 and the belly are varied with large white spots, edged 

 with black, and disposed on the middle of the fea- 

 thers, which are margined with reddish : the abdo- 

 men is whitish : the legs are reddish, and the beak 

 is yellow. 



Sp. 3. Po. australis, 



Vo.aterrimus variegatus plumis nigro longitudinaliter Uneatis api' 

 cibusnigris; reynigibus pogoniis externis mactdis quinque albis; 

 Cauda pallida subjasciatd. 



