APPENDIX. 
THE CRESTED GOAT-SUCKER, 
CaPRIMULGUS CRISTATUS, 
C cinere(h-fu[cus, fubtus pallidus, rem'igibus caudaque fafcils faUidts numerojis, 
uibrijjis ufrinque ereBo-criJiatis, 
Corpus fupra punSiis minutijjimis fubalbidis irroratum. 
Cinereous-brown Goat-fucker, pale beneath ; with the long feathers of the 
wings and tail fprinkled with numerous pale fafciae, and the vibrilTse 
(or bridles on the upper mandiblej flanding up on each fide, in the 
manner of a creft. 
The body on the upper part is fprinkled with very fmall whitifli fpecks. 
The birds of this genus are remarkable for the exceflive 
widenefs of the mouth, though the beak is very fmall; 
in their manner of life, as well as general ftrudbure, they 
' are very nearly allied to the genus Hirundo, or fwallow; 
and indeed may be regarded as a kind of nodurnal fwallows. 
They feed on infeds, particularly on beetles. The name 
Caprimulgus, or Goat-fucker, was given to this genus from 
an idea that prevailed amongfl: the more ancient naturalids 
of their fometimes fucking the teats of goats and fheep; a 
eircumftance in itfelf fo wildly improbable, that it would 
fcarce deferve to be ferioufly mentioned, were it not that fo 
accurate a naturalift as the late celebrated Scopoli feems ia 
fome degree to have given credit to it. 
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