, • CAPRIMULGUS EUl^OP^;US. * 
EUROPEAN' GOATSUCKER. 
Generic Character. 
Bill fhort, hooked at the end ; gape very wide, extending 
beyond the eyes'; upper mandible furnifhed with a 
row of ftifF briftles along the edges. 
Tongue pointed, entire. 
Legs fhort and fcaly. 
Toes conneded by a membrane as far as the firft joint, 
middle claw ferrated. 
Tail compofed of ten feathers. 
Synonyms. 
Caprimulgus Europ^us. Lin, Syft, i, -p, 346. 1. 
Ind, Orn, 2. ^. 584. 5. JV. Curtis ^ 
Mfs. 
Nocturnal Goatsucker. Br, ZooL 2. ij^. tal', ^g, 
Ib.foL 97. tah. R, 1. 
European Goatsucker. Ar^, ZooL 2. p, 437. A. 
Hi/I, Selhorne, p, 62. 94. Laih, Syn. 
4./>. 593. 5. Ib,fupt.p,ig^. Mont. 
Orn.Di^.VoLi^ Bewick's Br, Birds^ 
' Ft. 1. p. 265. 
jLj E N G T H exceeding ten inches ; breath nearly eighteen ; 
weight about three ounces. Bill fmall and weak ; mouth 
large ; irides large and dark ; legs fcaly, fhort, feathered be» 
low the knees ; the inner ^edge of the centre claw curioufly 
' ■ ferrated. 
