LEONA GOAT-SUCKER . — Macrodipteryx longipennis . 
The Leona Goat-sucker also comes from Western Africa, and is remarkable 
for the curious feathers which start from the wings, and trail far behind as the 
bird flies. Eor the greater part of their length they are nearly bare of web^ 
having only a few scattered threads of feathery substance, but at the end they 
expand into two broad tips. These long feathers are only found in the full-giown 
male bird, and their use is not known. 
The plumage of the Leona Nightjar is very prettily marked with spots and 
bars of rusty -red and black upon the usual brown ground. Every primary 
feather possesses nine rusty-red spots, and as many of a black hue, and there are 
many other spots and bars scattered over the body and wings. There is a con- 
siderable amount of creamy white upon the scapularies, a few white mott lings 
upon the throat of the male, and a reddish-white stripe down the outer web of 
the two exterior tail-feathers. 
