CATALOGUE. 
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Genus Acanthylis, Boie, Isis (1826), p. 971. 
CHiETUEA, Steph., Gen. Zool. XIII. p. 76 (1825). 
Hemipeocne, JSfitzsch., Fterylog. p. 123 (1840). 
HiRTJNDAPTJS, Hodgs.j Journ. A. S. Beng. (1836),^. 780. 
Pallene, Less., Compl. Buff. YIII. p. 493 (1837). 
130. ACANTHYLIS NUDIFES, Hodgs. Sp. 
Chaatura nudipes, Hodgs., Journ. A. S. Beng. V. p. 779. 
Acanthylis nudipes, G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 55; 
Cat. B. Brit. Mus. II. p. 15. Hodgs., Cat. B. Nep. 
p. 54. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 64. 
Cypselus leuconotus, Beless., Mag. de Zool. (1840), Ois. 
t. 20 ; Souv., Yog. dans Inde, Ois. t. 9. 
Acanthylis fusca, (Shaiv) apud BlytJi, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. 
Beng. p. 84. 
The naked-footed Acanthylis. 
A. Bootan. From Pemberton's Collection. 
b. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 
" This singular species inhabits the northern region of Nepal, 
whence it sometimes wanders into the mountains of the central, 
avoiding, however, the open and level country. It climbs with 
great power, aided equally by its talons and its tail." — (Hodgson, 
Journ. A. S. Beng. Y. p. 780.) 
Pam. III. CAPEIMULGID^, Vigors. 
Genus Batrachostomus,^ Gould, Icones Amum (1838). 
BoMBTCiSTOMTJS, Hay, Journ. A. S. Beng. (1841), 
p. 574; (1842), p. 798. 
* " The anatomy of the genus Batrachostomus differs remarkably from that of 
Caprimulgus. The stomach is a highly muscular gizzard, like that of Nyctibius ; 
and there is a large gall-bladder : sternum small, subquadrate, with but a slight 
keel, and four deep emarginations behind ; the coracoids long and slender, and 
furcula like that of Caprimulgus, but more slender. According to Mr. Gould, 
