S 91 g o a t s u c k e r .
The circle of feathers round the eyes gives it the appearance of
an Owl, whence Sloane has not unaptly given it that name. It
inhabits woods, and lives on infedts.
GREY G.
D escription.
L’Engoulevent gris, Buf. oif. vi. p. 548.
T E N G T H thirteen inches. Bill twenty lines long; brown
above, and yellowilh beneath : general colour of the plumage
grey : wings dulky black, barred with pale grey : tail more than
five inches long, of a brownilh grey, barred with brown, and
very little longer than the wings.
Place. Inhabits Cayenne.
4-
CAROLINA G.
lie Tette-chevre de la Caroline, Bri/.'orn. ii. p. 475*
L’Engoulevent de la Caroline, Buf. oi/. vi. p. 532*
Carolina Goatfucker, Catejb. Car. i. pi* 8.
Rain Bird, Brown. 'Jam. p. 4^7*
D escription« C 1 Z E of our Goatfucker: length eleven inches and a quarter.
^ Bill dulky: along the edge of the upper mandible ftiff
briftles : the upper parts of the head, neck, and body, are tranf-
verfely variegated with zig-zag alternate lines of dulky and grey 3
the crown has alfo fome fpots of this laft colour; and on the
wings are both fpots and longitudinal yellowilh and dulky ftreaks.
the Tides of the head, and all the under parts, rufous grey,
marked with longitudinal blackilh lines : from the gape of the
mouth along the jaw, on each fide, is a white ftreak ; beneath this
a few yellowilh fpots : quills barred, dulky and grey, and fpotted
with yellow on the outer webs : on the inner web of the three
firft
firft a large white fpot j the fecond quill the longeft: tail grey,
four inches in length, crofted with dulky bands and lines: legs
brown : claws black j the middle one ferrated.
This inhabits Virginia and Carolina, and, like the reft, appears
only in the evening, or when the Iky, being oblcured with
clouds, betokens rain: hence the name of Rain-bird has been
given to it. It is faid to lay the eggs on the ground, and that
they are not unlike .thole of the Lapwing.
Caprimulgus Europssus, Lin. Syß. i. p. 34«__Scop. am. i. N° ____
Kram. el. p. 281 •‘ .— Muller, p. 34. N° 291.— Georgi Reife, p. ,7S._
Fri/ch. t. 101.
Tette-chevre, ou Crapaud volant, BriJ. orn. ii. p. 470. N° 1. pi, 44.,
L ’Engouleyent, Buf. oi/. vi. p. 512.
Caprimulgus, Fern-owl, Churn-owl, or Goatfucker, Raii Syn. p. 26__
Will. on. p. 107— Altin. pi. ia.— Borl. Hiß. Corn-u,. pi. 24. f. 13.
Dorr Hawk, Night Jarr, or NightHawk, Cbarlet. ex. 71. N° 8.
Noäurnal Goatfucker, Br. Zool. N° 172.pl. ijz .—Jr3 . Zoel.
Br. Mu/. Lev. Mu/.
' J ’ H E length of this bird is ten inches and a half: weight
two ounces and a half. The bill very fhortj gape wide:
the plumage can fcarce be well defcribed; the ground-colour is
almoft black, but molt beautifully diverfified with cinereous,
dark brown, ferruginous, and white, in various manners : the tail
is four inches long : the legs are Ihort, feathered much below
the knee, and appear rough or fcaly : the toes connedted together
on each fide by a flight membrane; the middle claw ferrated.
* He calls it, Hirundo caudi integrä, ore fetis ciliato, after the firft edition
o f the Fauna Suecica%
Von. II. 4 g
Place anb
Manners.
+■ EUROPEAN
G.
D escription.
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