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CAPRIMULGIN^. 
brownish-black ; a pale grey line from the base of the upper mandible 
over each eye ; quills light brownish-grey, barred with brownish-black, 
their coverts dark brown, secondary coverts with the tip white ; throat 
yellowish-grey, lower parts light grey, patched and sprinkled with 
brownish-black; tail-feathers tinged with red. Young with the upper 
parts light brownish-red, each feather with a central blackish -brown 
line ; tail and quills barred with dull brown ; a line over the eye, and 
the tips of the secondary coverts reddish- white ; breast and sides light 
yellowish-grej^, spotted and lined with brownish-black and bright 
reddish-brown, the rest of the lower parts yellowish-grey, the tarsal 
feathers pale yellowish-red. 
Mahj 10, 22. Female, 10, 23. 
From Texas eastward. Columbia River. Resident. Abundant. 
Mottled Owl, Strix nsevia, WiLS. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p. 16. Adult. 
Red Owl, Strix Asio, WiLS. Amer. Orn. v. v. p. 83. Young. 
Mottled and Red Owl, Strix Asio, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 120. 
Little Sereech Owl, Strix Asio, Auo. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 486 ; v. v. p. 392. 
FAMILY VI CAPRIMULGIN^. GOATSUCKERS. 
Mouth opening to beneath the centre of the eyes ; bill 
much depressed, generally feeble, the horny part being 
small; upper mandible with the tip somewhat decurved. 
Nostrils elliptical, prominent, marginate. Eyes extremely 
large. Aperture of ear elliptical, very large. Head of 
extreme breadth, depressed ; body very slender. Feet very 
small ; tarsus partially feathered, scaly ; anterior toes web- 
bed at the base ; hind toe small, and versatile, all scutellate 
above ; claw of third toe generally elongated, with the 
inner margin thin and pectinate. Plumage very soft and 
blended. Wings very long, the second and third quills 
longest. Tail long, of ten feathers. CEsophagus rather 
wide, without crop ; stomach very large, roundish, its mus- 
cular coat very thin, and composed of a single series of 
strong fasciculi ; epithelium very hard, with longitudinal 
rugse ; intestine short and wide ; coeca large, oblong, narrow 
at the base; cloaca globular. Trachea of nearly uniform 
width, without inferior laryngeal muscles.- Nest on the 
ground, or in hollow trees. Eggs generally two. Young 
covered with down. Very nearly allied in some respects 
to the Owls. 
