CAPEIMULG I N M. 
y ghtl ‘ rather the longest. Tail very short, and even. Tarsi shorter than the middle toe, and scaled. 
1 ihei long, especially the middle toe, with the lateral ones equal ; the hind toe short and slendei. 
he typical species was observed running about near pools of water in the interior of South America, 
E. anomalus (Gould), leones Avium, pi. 
Choriieiles Swains .* 
Bill 
arc ^ Ver y srna h, with ihe gape very wide and furnished with a few very short hairs ; the culmen 
tuhup ' an ^ s ^ es compressed to the tip, which is hooked and emarginated ; the nostrils lateral, 
j ’ Wi ^h the opening rounded and exposed. Wings lengthened and pointed, with the second quill 
Part] ° eS ^* ^ on <?’ broad, and emarginated, or rounded. Tarsi shorter than the middle toe, and 
ar ,i Ve ced with plumes. Toes rather long ; with the lateral toes equal; the hind toe short, slendei, 
3 with „ S h» rt cLw . 
Tlie^e sne ‘ 
C ° ast to th ClCS m ^ la bb both North and South America, and are dispersed generally over the country from the sea- 
nu merou s i . m0untains in the neighbourhood ; and in the vicinity of extensive salt marshes they arc likewise veiy 
b° Urs be( ,’ Skimmin g over the meadows in the manner of swallows. The favourite time of activity is from about two 
Sequent s b SUllft0t: Llnt ‘i dusk. At this time they seem all vivacity, darting about in the air in every dilection, making 
I,l °nnt ] v j rr j , rt ’ su dden turnings, as if busily engaged in catching insects. At other times one of these birds is seen to 
^Rally a & i ^ 1G a b by alternate quick and leisurely motions of the wings, playing about as he ascends, utterin & 
Aft,e r they i. s T uea k, till, in a few minutes, he again dives with the same impetuosity and violent sound as befoic. 
day on ge P a b’ed, the male and female confine themselves to a particular spot, but each still ioosts dining the 
1 te trees. The eggs are commonly two in number, and they are deposited on the bare giound. 
f ' a Pnm u lg Ug _ (Brigs.) Swains. Edwards's Birds, pi. 63. — 
uf 0is - Amer> ° rn - pL 4a; c - popetue 
* Sept. t. 24., Audub. B. of Amer. pi. 
aUUS ( Llnn 0 Sloan. Jamaica, t. 25.5. f. 1. 
3. C. acutipennis (Bodd.) PI. enl. 732. - Caprimulgus acutus 
Grnel. 
4. C. labeculatus Jard. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1846. p. 119- 
5. C. rupestris (Spix), Av. Bras. t. 2. 
6. C. ? rufus (Gmel.) PI. enl. 735. 
Eurostopodus Gould.’f 
fhe dl' e gape very wide and furnished with short weak hairs ; the culinen curved, and 
Uq ear ^ n l >1 esse d to the tip, which is hooked ; the nostrils lateral and tubular, with the opening 
quill th e 1 Partly Concea led by the frontal plumes. Wings very long, and pointed, with the second 
c °Vered a ° St ' d° n g, broad, and rounded at the end. Tarsi shorter than the middle toe, and 
Ulteriorly f or nearly their w p ole length w i t h p i umes . Toes short and thick ; with the lateral 
Nr. Swe 
Mr - GouM°lu,^ lished this ge"us in 1831 (Fauna Boreali- Americana p. 496.). H8381 
1 esta thshed this genus in 1837 ( Proc . Zool. Soc. p. 1 42.). It embraces Lyncorms of the same author (1838> 
