CAPRIMULGIN M. 
toe equal ; the hind toe short, and the claws short, except that of the middle toe, which is long al 
pectinated. 
The species of this genus inhabit India, its isles, and Australia. They migrate, and are therefore occasionally f° u ^ 
in the open parts of the forest, or on cleared land, where during the twilight they skim about with great rapidity ^ 
search of nocturnal insects. During the day they remain quiet among the underwood, or on the shady side of a hxg 
tree, close to the root, and, if disturbed, seek their safety by flying to a branch of some high tree. 
1. E. albogularis (Vig. & Horsf.) Gould, Linn. Trans, xv. p. 
1Q4. — Caprimulgus albimaculatus Cm.; C. mystiealis Temm. 
PI. col. 410. 
2. E. guttatus (Vig. & Horsf.) Gould, Linn. Trans, xv. p. 192. 
3. E. macrourus (Horsf. (?)) Gould, Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 142., 
Gould, B. of Austr. pi. 
4. E. ? Wiederspergii Reichenb. All. deuts. Naturh. Zeit. 1846. 
p. 270. t. 5. 
5. E. macrotis (Vigors), Proc. Z. S. 1831. p. 97 -> ’ 
leones Avium, pi. 
6. E. Temminclcii Gould, leones Avium, pi. — Caprimu g 
pulcher A. Hay ; C. imberbis Temm. 
7. E. cerviniceps Gould, leones Avium, pi. — Type of hy n 
cornis Gould (1838). 
January, 1847. 
