CAPRIMULGUS LENTIGINOSUS. 
Form, &c.— Bill triangular, immediately anterior to frontal feathers much 
depressed and the upper mandible is rather wider than the lower, and toward s 
its point slightly curved. Wings long, slightly rounded, and when folded 
reach to within an inch of the tip of the tail, the second and third quill 
leathers nearly if not of equal length, and longest, the first about half an inch 
shorter, and about equal to the fourth ; the secondary and tertiary quill 
leathers very short, scarcely reaching to the base of the tail. Tail long and 
slightly rounded. Tarsi and toes moderately strong, the former posteriorly 
and anteriorly towards toes scutellated, towards hinder extremity feathered. 
Claw of middle toe long, slightly curved, and strongly pectinated ; claws of 
other toes short, pointed, and strongly curved. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length from the point of the bill to 
the tip of the tail ]0 6 
of the bill to the angle of the 
mouth i 4 
of wings when folded 7 6 
of the tail 5 4 
Male . — Colours not known. 
The two individuals I possess were procured in Great Namaqualand ; the one, when it was 
shot, was seated upon a high road, and the other was skimming around a pool of stao-nant 
water, and occasionally darting from its general course as if to capture insects. Many other 
individuals, probably of the same species, were observed in the same country ; but as they all 
kept so extremely close to the edge of the brushwood, and never appeared till the dusk was 
about giving place to darkness, two specimens only were obtained. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length of the tarsi 0 10£ 
of the outer toe 0 
of the middle toe 0 9 
of the inner toe o 4 
of the hinder toe 0 2 
