PENNANT-WINGED NIGHT-JAR. 65 
therefore, merely enumerate those prominent devia- 
tions which may serve to identify the species in the 
absence of its long feathers. Each of the primary 
quills have upon each web a row of nine rufous 
and nine black spots, disposed transversely and 
alternately; the rufous bars become very small 
towards the tips, where the black predominates. 
The lesser quills are black, with four rufous bands, 
the tips black. The middle tail-feathers are grey, 
speckled with black points, and crossed by six black 
bars, all of which are irregular excepting the last, 
which, as on all the other feathers, is regular, well 
defined, and placed just behind the tips; the outer 
web of the exterior feather is fulvous white, with 
about ten black spots, at equal distances from each 
other. Some of the scapulars have a broad cream- 
coloured stripe, which form a connected series when 
the feathers lay over each other, but those which 
are conspicuous on the supposed female, can scarcely 
be discerned in the male ; this latter, however, has 
a few obscure white mottles on the chin, throat, and 
round the ears. 
Total length about 8 inches ; wings, 6f ; tail, 
from the base, 4£. 
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