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L Y N C O R N I S MACROTIS .
Lync. vertice intense castaneo, nigro irrorato, necnon pared maculato; guld, facie, pkmisque auricularibus nigrescenti-
fuscis, castaneo irroratis; inter gulam pect usque annulo, untied albo, apud nucham in cervinum transeunte; dor so,
pectoreque saturate nigrescenti-fuscis, castaneo obscurd notatis; abdominis plumis saturatd nigrescenti-fuscis, cervino
largd marginatis ; scapularibus cervinis nigro irregularitdr omatis; alis saturatd nigrescenti-fuscis, fasciis castaneis
ferd obsoletis notatis; caudd nigrescenti-fuscd, cervino irroratd et fasciatd; rostro pedibusque fuscis.
Long. tot. 12 unc.; rostri, 1-J-; alee, 10-f-; tail, 7 \ ; tarsi,
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 buff on the back of the n eck; 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
b lack; 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.
T h i s species was first described by Mr. Vigors several years since, as the Caprimulgus macrotis. I t was
received from Manilla, and was presented by Hamilton Lindsay, Esq., to the Zoological Society, o f whose
collection it now forms a part. The specimen from which my drawing was taken is the only example that has
come under my n o tice; it is less in all its proportions than Lyncomis cermniceps, and also differs in the much
darker tints of its plumage, particularly on the crown o f the head, back and chest.
The figure is o f the natural size.