AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD BOOK. 
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1 224* Australian Bee-eater, Rainbow Bird, Sandpiper (e), 
21 Kingfisher (e), Spinetail, Pintail, Merops ornatus. 
Cel., Lesser Sunda Is., Mol., A. Mig. c. open forests 10 
Crown, back, inner-wing brownish-green; wing-quills 
orange-brown, tipped black; band on throat blackish; 
line below eye, lower-back blue; throat orange; tail 
black; two tail feathers longer; curved bill black: f.. 
sim. Insects, very rarely bees. 
P. 87. Momotidae, Motmots, 24 sp. Nl. 
F. 88. Todidae, Todies, 7 sp. Nl. (West Indies). 
F. 89. CAPRIMULGIDAE (3), NIGHTJARS, GOAT- 
SUCKERS, 124 sp.— 11(8)A., 22(17)0., 10(4)P., 
30(26)E., ll(5)Nc., 57(51)N1. 
2 225 White-throated Nightjar, Night Hawk (e), Moth 
3 (Fern) Owl, Eurostopus alHgularis, N.G., E.A., 
S.A. Stat. r. open forest 13 
Upper mottled, striped gray, brown; head darker; wings 
dark-brown marked gray, spotted buff, with white patch 
(see figure) ; white patch side of throat; under buff 
marked dark-brown; f., sim. Insects= Valuable noc- 
turnal birds. 
220 Spotted Nightjar, E, argus, Aru Is., New Ireland, A. 
Stat. r. open forest 12 
Like 225, but uniform rusty-brown abdomen and under 
base tail; f., sim. Insects. Valuable, nocturnal. 
F. 90. Macropterygidac, Tree-Swifts, 7 sp.— 3(3)A., 4(4)0. 
F. 91. CYPSELIDAE (4), SWIFTS, 103 sp.— 11(7)A., 
33(24)0., 9(1)P., 28(22)E., 4(0)Nc., 30(26)N1. 
1 227*Spine-tailed Swift, Chactura caudacuta, Sib., Jap., 
34 China, to A., T., N.Z. Mig. c. tipper air 7.5 
Throat, forehead, back edge wing, flanks, under base tail 
white; wings, tail deep shining-green; under, back gray- 
ish-brown; short tail ends in spines; f. smaller. Flying 
insects. 
I 228 White-rumped Swift (Australian), Cypselus pacifi- 
25 cus, E. Sib., Jap., Indo-China to A., T., N.Z. 
Mig. r. upper air 7 
Upper brownish-black; rump, throat white; under brown; 
long forked tail; indistinct collar; f., sim. Flying 
insects. 
A writer has well said that there are "few so beautiful, and none 
so graceful." Its scientific name, ornatus, shows that our bird 
stands well amongst its fellows. One kind occasionally visits 
England (about thirty records in the last hundred years). 
In the same order come the Goatsuckers, or Nightjars, wide- 
mouthed, swift-flying, insectivorous birds, which have an almost 
cosmopolitan range, being absent only from New Zealand and 
the Polynesian Islands. These Owl-like birds have very long 
wings, thus indicating their rapid flight. They are very valu- 
able insect destroyers, though they are sometimes called "Night 
