^EGOTHELES WALLACII, Gray. 
Wallace’s Goatsucker. 
Mcjotheles wallacii, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 154. — Id. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 433. — Finsch, Neu-Guinea, 
p. 162 (1865). — Schlegel, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 340 (1866). — Gray, Hand-list Birds, i. p. 55, 
no. 603 (1869). — Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 696. — Meyer, Sitz. k. Akad. Wien, lxix. p. 75 
(1874). — Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov, x. p. 310 (1877). — Id. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 94. — Id. Orn. 
Papuasia e delle Molucche, ii. p. 526 (1880). — Id. Report Voy. H.M.S. ‘Challenger,’ p. 77 (1882). — 
Meyer in Madarasz, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. i. p. 278, pi. xvii. fig. 4 (1884). — Guillemard, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
1885, p. 630. 
? Caprimulffiis Irachyurus, Schl. Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 340 (1866, ex Rosenb. MSS.). — Rosenb. Nat. 
Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xxix. p. 143 (1867). — Id. Reis, naar Zuidoostereil. p. 37 (1867). 
This interesting Goatsucker was discovered by Mr. A. R. Wallace during his travels in the east, at Dorei in 
New Guinea, and the type specimen is in the British Museum. It has since been met with in the same 
locality by Mr. Bruijn’s hunters, as well as on the Arfak Mountains by Dr. A. B. Meyer, and in Atam by 
Signor D’ Albertis. It appears to represent in North-western New Guinea the Australian /Egotheles novee- 
liollandiai, and it is replaced in South-eastern New Guinea by bennetli . It differs from the latter, and 
consequently also from JE. nocoe-lwllandice , in its dark coloration, and in having the fore part of the crown 
varied with rufous, and in exhibiting some whitish-red spots on the scapular feathers. 
A Goatsucker from the Am Islands has been described by Baron von Rosenberg as a distinct species 
under the name of Caprimulgus br achy urus. Count Salvadori, who has examined the type in the Leyden 
Museum, is of opinion that it is a young bird of the genus /Egotheles, with an imperfectly developed tail, 
probably referable to /E. wallacii ; but he has also seen a second specimen from the Aru Islands collected 
during the ‘ Challenger’ expedition, and he believes that the Aru bird is probably distinct, by reason of its 
smaller dimensions and more minute vermieulations. We have examined the last-named specimen and find 
that it fully bears out Count Salvadori’s opinion ; but it will be better to wait for a larger series of specimens 
before venturing to separate the Am bird specifically, as Goatsuckers vary so much in the intensity 
of their coloration. 
Dr. Meyer has recently received a specimen from the same group of islands, where the bird is called by 
the natives “ Tatar faffu.” The iris was greyish brown and the feet dark flesh-colour. The egg, which is 
figured by Dr. Meyer, is cream-coloured, with scribblings of dusky greyish. 
We do not give a detailed description of this species, the characters having been well pointed out 
above. 
The Plate represents two adult birds of the natural size, the figures having been drawn from a specimen 
lent to us by Dr. Guillemard. 
[R. B. S.] 
