Genus LYNCORNIS, Gould. 
Characteres Generici. 
Caput penicdlu elongatis (jgnasi auribus') instructum. Rostrum depressum et perdeiile ; rictu amplissimo, infra oculos 
tendente, setisque carente ; naribus basalibus rotundatis, plumisque frontis obtectis. Alte perlongae, primariis rigidis, 
remige secundo longissimo. Cauda mediocris, aequalis, et, (sicut alae,) notd albd carens. Tarsi breves, robusti, antici, 
plumis esD parte, tecti. Digiti breves, ad basin membrand conjuncti, laterales aequales ; intermedii unguis pectinatus. 
LYNCORNIS CBRVINICEPS, Gould. 
Lijnc. vertice pallidi cervino, minuti nigro fasciato, plumis nonnullis notis nigris in medio ornatis ; genis, plumisque auricu- 
laribus castaneis, nigro crebri adspersis ; penicillis capitis nigris ; guld pectoreque nigrescenti-fuseis ; lined albd inter 
has partes dividente, dilutiore ad nucham, et in cervinum transeunte ; abdomine cervino, plumis ad basin nigris ; dorso 
alisque, cervino, castaneo, nigroque variegatis ; primariis nigrescenti-fuseis, castaneo interrupte fasciatis ; caudd nigre- 
scenti-fused, cervino adspersd, et interrupte, et lat^ fasciatd. 
Lung. tot. 234- ; rostri, If; al(B, 12; caudcB, tarsi, f. 
Crown of the head light buff, minutely barred with black, several of the feathers having central spots of the same 
colour- ; sides of the face and ear-coverts chestnut, largely freckled with black ; egrets black ; throat and 
chest blackish brown, with a line of white dividing the chest and throat, and expanding upon the back of the 
neck, where it deepens into fawn colour ; abdomen and under-surface buff, with the basal portion of each 
feather black; back and wings mottled -wnth buff, chestnut, and black, the buff predominating along the 
scapularies and down the centre of the wing ; primaries blackish brown, with interrupted bands of chestnut ; 
tail blackish brown, with four or five broad, nregular bands of buff, the black interspaces marbled with buff ; 
bill and feet brown. 
Lyncornis cervmiceps, Gould, in Proc. of Zool. Soc. Part VI. 1838. 
I HAVE never seen more than a single specimen of this truly beautiful Goat-sucker ; and this I received seven 
years ago ; it was said to be a native of China or the adjacent islands. I have selected it as the type of the 
genus Lj/ncornis, a minor group among the Caprimulgidce , conspicuous for their large eyes, lengthened 
egrets, and great powers of flight. The analogy of this group to that of the horned owls is too palpable to 
escape observation ; the irides of the members of this genus will in all probability prove to be either yellow 
or hazel. The species described above is in the collection of the Zoological Society. 
The figure is of the natural size. 
