LYNCORNIS MACROTIS 
Lym. vertice intense castaneo, nigro irrorato, necnon parci maculato ; guU, facie, plumisque auricularibus nigrescenti- 
fuscis, castaneo irroratis ; inter gulam pectusque annulo, antice albo, apud nucham in cervinum transeunte ; dorso, 
pectoreque saturati nigrescenti-fuscis, castaneo obscuri notatis ; abdominis plumis saturati nigrescenti-fuscis, cervino 
largi marginatis ; scapularibus cervinis nigro irregularitir ornatis ; alis saturati nigrescenti-fuscis, fasciis castaneis 
feri obsoletis notatis ; cauM nigrescenti-fuscA, cervino irroratA et fasciatA ; rostro pedibusque fuscis. 
Long. tot. 12 Mwc. ; rostri, 1^; alve, lOf; tail, 7\-, tarsi, -f-. 
Crown of the head deep chestnut, minutely freckled with black, several of the feathers having a central spot of the 
same colour ; throat, face, and ear-coverts blackish brown, minutely freckled with deep chestnut brown ; a 
ring of white separates the throat and chest and passes into buflF on the back of the neck ; back and chest 
deep blackish brown, with obscure marks of chestnut ; the feathers of the abdomen and under surface deep 
blackish brown, largely margined with buff ; scapularies fawn colour, irregularly marked and spotted with 
black ; wing deep blackish brown, with nearly obsolete bands of chestnut ; tail deep blackish brown, freckled 
and banded with deep fawn colour ; bill and feet brown. 
Caprimulgus macrotis, Vigors, in Proc. Comm, of Sci. and Corr. of Zool. Soc. Part I. 1830 — 31, p. 97. 
This species was first described by Mr. Vigors several years since, as the Caprimulgus macrotis. It was 
received from Manilla, and was presented by Hamilton Lindsay, Esq., to the Zoological Society, of whose 
collection it now forms a part. The specimen from which my drawing was taken is the only example that has 
come under my notice ; it is less in all its proportions than Lyncornis cerviniceps, and also differs in the much 
darker tints of its plumage, particularly on the crown of the head, back and chest. 
The figure is of the natural size. 
