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CATALOGUE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 C A P K I M U L G I D ^ 
 
 IN THE COLLECTION OF 
 
 THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 
 
 OF PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 BY 
 
 JOHN CASSIN. 
 
 November 1, 1801. 
 
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 Family CAPRIMULGID^. 
 
 I. Suhfa^nily CArRIMULGlN^. 
 1. Genus CAPRIMULGUS, Linn. I 
 
 1. Caprimulgus europyEus, Liuu. S^st. Xat. i. p. 346. Selhy, 111 
 
 Brit. Oni. i. pi. 42.* 
 Caprimulgus punetatus, Mei/er. Tasch. i. p. 284. 
 Caprimulgus maculatus, Brehm. Toy. Deuts. p. 131. 
 Caprimulgus vulgaris, Vieill. Fmine Francaise i. p. 140. Rout 
 Oni. Frov. i. p. 240, pi. 147. 
 1. Adult male, France. Presented by Mr. "W. S. Warder. 
 2, 3, 4. Adult males, Europe, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 5. Male, Europe, from the same. 
 
 6. Female, Europe, from the same. 
 
 2. Caprimulgus smithi, Bonap. Cons}^. Av. p. 59. A. Smith, 111. S. 
 
 Af. Zool. Avcs, pi. 102. 
 "Caprimulgus europteus, Auct," A. Smith, 111. S. Af. Zool. 
 
 .Tre.s, p. (No. 22.) 
 "Caprimulgus capensis, Verreaux." label on specimens from Mr. 
 
 Verreaux. 
 
 1. Adult male. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Mr. J. 
 
 P. Verreaux. 
 
 2. Adult female, Cape of Good Hope. Presented by the same. 
 
 3. Female, Southern Africa. Presented by the same. 
 
 i. Caprimulgus ruficollis, Temm. Man. i. p. 438. (1820.) Gould, 
 B. of Europe, pi. 52. 
 Caprimulgus rufitorquis, Vieill. Eney. Meth. ii. p. 546. (1823.) 
 J Caprimulgus rufitorquatus, Yieill. Faune Frangaise i. p. 142. 
 
 r^"^ 1, 2. Adults, Tangier, from the Eivoli collection. 
 
 t 3. Younger, Northern Africa, from the same. 
 
 4. Caprimulgus pectoralis, Cuvier. Regne An. i. p. 376. (1817.) 
 
 ^3 Le Vaill. Ois. cV Af. i. pi. 49. 
 
 ^ Caprimulgus africanus, Stephens. Gen. Zool. x. pt. i. p. 157. 
 
 > "Caprimulgus asiaticus, Lath." Vieill. Nonv. Diet. x. p. 233. 
 
 5 ^^'\f- Ouv. vii. p. 75. 
 
 '"I 1. Adult male. Cape of Good Hope, from the Rivoli 
 
 ^ collection. 
 
 2, 3. Young males. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Mr. 
 
 ^ J. P. Verreaux. 
 
 ^ 4. Adult female, Cape of Good Hope. Presented by the 
 
 ^ same. 
 
 ^ 5. Very young, Cape of Good Hope. 
 
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5. Caprimulgus rufioena, a. Smith. HI. Zool. S. A/. Aves, p. 
 
 (No. 22, March, 1845,) pi. 100. 
 1, 2. Adult males, Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Mr. 
 J. P. Verreaux. 
 
 3. Adult female, Cape of Good Hope. Presented by the 
 
 same. 
 
 4. Young male, Cape of Good Hope. Presented by the 
 
 same. 
 5, 6. Cape of Good Hope, from the Piivoli collection. 
 
 6. Caprimulgus TRisTiGM A, Rii pp. JSkite Wirlel.Tp. 105. Syst. Ueber, 
 
 pi. 3. (jiame 07i jjhitc is wrong, vide p. 14.) 
 Caprimulgus lentiginosus, A. Smith. 111. Zool. S. Af. pi. 101. 
 
 1. Adult male, South Africa, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 2. Adult female, country of the Namaquas, South Africa. 
 
 Presented by Mr. J. P. Verreaux. 
 ■ ■' 3. Young female, Cape of Good Hope. 
 4. Male, Cape of Good Hope. 
 
 7. Caprimulgus poliocephalus, Riipp. Neue Wirhel. p. 106. 
 
 Caprimulgus tetrastigma, Rilpp. SysU Ueber, pi. 4. {name on plate 
 is torong, vide ^j. 15.) 
 
 1. Adult male, Abyssinia, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 2. Adult female, Abyssinia, from the same. 
 
 8. Caprimulgus natalensis, A. Smith. 111. Zool. S. Af. Aves, p. 
 
 (No. 22, March, 1845.) pi. 99. 
 
 1. Adult male. Port Natal, Eastern Africa. 
 
 2. Adult female, Port Natal. 
 
 3. Female, Port Natal. Presented by Mr. J. P. Verreaux. 
 
 9. Caprimulgus ^gyptius, Licht. Yerz. der Doubl. p. 59, (1823.) 
 
 Temm. PI. col. 379. 
 Caprimulgus isabellinus, Temm. PL col. iv. p. (Jiv. 64. about 
 1827.) 
 
 1. Africa, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 2. Adult, Egypt. 
 
 10. Caprimulgus nubicus, Licht. Verz. p. 59. (1823.) Riipp. Zool. 
 
 Atl. pi. 6. 
 Caprimulgus infuscatus, Rup>p. Zool. Atlas, Yog. p. 9, (1826.) 
 1. Africa, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 11. Caprimulgus madagascariensis, Sganzin. Mem. Soc. d'Hist. 
 
 Nat. Strasb. iii, p. 28. 
 
 1. Adult, Madagascar, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 2. Adult male ? Madagascar? 
 
 12. Caprimulgus albonotatus, Tick. Jour. As. Soc. Bmg. ii. p. 580. 
 Caprimulgus nipalensis, Ilodg. Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 82. 
 Caprimulgus gangeticus, Blyth. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 
 
 95. {fide Blyth ut infra.) 
 
" Capriniulgus macrourus, Ilorsf." Blyth. Jour. As. S»c. Beny. x\. 
 p. 58G (not of xiv. p. 20-t.) 
 
 " Caprimulgus gagateus, Strick." Blyth. Jour. As. Soc, Beng. xiv. 
 p. 205. 
 
 " Caprimulgus innotatus, Hodg." J. E. Gray. Cat. Brit. Mus. 
 Fissirostrcs p. 8. 
 
 Caprimulgus bimaculatus, Peak. ZooL Voy. Vincennes and Pea- 
 cock p. 170. 
 
 1. Adult male, India, from Capt. Boys' collection. 
 
 - 2. Adult female, India, from the same. 
 
 3. Adult, India, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 4. Adult, India. 
 
 13. Caprimulgus macrurus, Horsf. Trans. Lum. Soc. London, xiii. 
 
 p. 142. Gou/dy B. o/Aust. ii. pi. 9. 
 Caprimulgus atripennis, Jerdon. III. Ind. Orn. p. (cirt. Cap. 
 indieus.) 
 
 1, 2. Adults, Sumatra. 
 
 3, 4. Younger, Sumatra, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 5. Adult male, Port Essington, from Mr. Gould's collection. 
 
 6. Adult female. Port Essington, from the same. 
 
 14. Caprimulgus asiaticus, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 588. Gray, IN. 
 
 Ind. ZooL pi. 34, fig. 2. 
 Antrostomus californianus, Bonap. Consp. Av. p. 61 ? 
 
 1, 2. Adult, India. Presented by Mr. Thomas Ryan. 
 
 3. Adult male, India, from Capt. Boys' collection. 
 
 4. Adult, India, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 5, 6. C. asiaticus ? (smaller) India, from Capt. Boys' col- 
 lection. 
 
 7. the same, India. Presented by M. Burrough, M. D. 
 
 15. Caprimulgus indicus. Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 588. 
 Caprimulgus cinerascens, Yie'dl. Xouv. Diet. x. p. 233. 
 
 1. Adult female, India, from Capt. Boys' collection. 
 
 2, 3. younger, India, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 IG. Caprimulgus monticolus, Franklin. Froc. Zool. Soc. London, 
 1831, p. IIG. 
 " Caprimulgus gymnopus, Hodg. Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 82." Gray. 
 Cat. Flss. p. 8. 
 
 1 . Adult male, India, from Capt. Boys' collection. 
 
 2. Adult male, India. 
 
 3. Female, India, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 4. Adult, India. 
 
 17. Caprimulgus affinis, Horsfield. Trans. Lin. Soc. London, xiii. 
 p. 142. 
 " Caprimulgus bisignatus, Boie." Lahd on sjierlmens received 
 from the Ley den Museum. 
 
1, 2. Adult, Sumatra. 
 
 3, 4. 5. Adults, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 6. Adult female, Sumatra. 
 
 7. young, Sumatra. 
 
 18. Caprimulgus mahrattensis, Sykes. Proc. Zool. Soc. London^ 
 
 1832, p. 83. Gould, B. of Asia, pi. 
 1. Female, India, from Capt. Boys' collection. 
 
 19. Caprimulgus jotaka, Temm. & Schleg. Fauna Japon. Jives, p. 
 
 37, pi. 12. 
 1. Male, Northern Asia. 
 
 2. Genus SCOTORNIS, Swainson. 
 
 1. ScOTORNis LONGICAUDUS, (Drapiez.) Yiaill. Galerie, pi. 122. 
 
 Caprimulgus longicaudus, Drapiez. Diet, class, d' Hist. Nat. vi. p. 
 
 169, (1824.) 
 Caprimulgus climacurus, Vieill. Gal. i. p. 195, (1825.) 
 Caprimulgus longicaudis, Stephens. Gen, Zool. xiii. p. 89, (1825.) 
 
 1, 2, 3, 4. Adult males,^ Fazogloa, Eastern Africa, from the Rivoli 
 collection. 
 5, 6. Females, same locality, from the same. 
 7j 8. Adult males, Western Africa, from Mr. Cassin's col- 
 lection. 
 
 2. ScoTORNis TRiMACULATUs, Swainson. B. of West. Jif. {Nat. Lih.) 
 
 ii. p. 70. 
 1. Western Africa. 
 
 3. Genus MACRODIPTERIX, Swainson. 
 
 1. Macrodipterix LONGiPENNis, (Shaw.) Swains. B. of W. Af.\\. 
 pi. 5. 
 Caprimulgus longipennis, Sliaw. Nat. Mis. pi. 265. 
 " Caprimulgus macrodiptenis, Afzelius. Desc. Sierra Leone." 
 
 Sicainson. (iit sup.) 
 Macrodipteryx africanus, Swains. B. of W. Af. ii. p. 62. 
 
 1. Adult male, Senegal, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 2. Young male, Western Africa, from the same. 
 
 3. Female, Senegal, from the same. 
 
 4, 5, 6. Males, Western Africa, from Mr. Cassin's collection. 
 
 II. Szibfamily STEATORNIN^. 
 
 1. Genus STEATORNIS, Humboldt. 
 
 1. Steatornis caripensis, Humboldt. Nouv. Ann. du Mus. Paris, 
 1834, p. 321, pi. 15. 
 Caprimulgus steatornis, Humboldt. Obs. Zool. 
 
 1. Adult male, South America, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 2. Adult male. South America. 
 
 3. Adult female, Cayenne. 
 
2. Genus NYCTIBIUS, Vieillot. 
 
 1. Nyctibius GRANDIS, (Gm.) Grays Genera of Birds, pi. 16. 
 
 Caprimulgis graudis, Gmelin. jS//st. Nat. i. pt. ii. p. 1029. 
 Caprimulgus maximus, Shaw. 3Ius. Lev. pi. 33. 
 
 1. Adult, Surinam. Presented by C. Hering, M. J). 
 
 2. Adult, Cayenne, from the liivoli collection. 
 
 2. Nyctibius .t^thereus, (De Wied.) 
 
 Caprimulgus cethcreus, De Weid. Reise nach Brasili.en, i. p. 236. 
 " Caprimulgus longicaudatus, Sjoix." De Wied. Beltr. zur Nat. 
 von Bras. iii. p. 303. 
 
 1. Adult, Soutli America, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 2. Adult, South America. 
 
 3. Nyctibius longicaudatus, (Spix.) Sp'a:,Av. Bras. ii. pi. 1. 
 
 Caprimulgus longicaudatus, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 1. 
 1. Adult, Cayenne, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 4. Nyctibius jamaicensis, (G-m.) Gossr, 111. B. of Jamaica, pi. 6. 
 
 Caprimulgus jamaicensis, Gmelin. S//st. A^at. i. pt. ii. p. 1029. 
 Caprimulgus griseus, Gmelin. Sj/st. Nat. i. pt. ii. p. 1029. ? 
 Caprimulgus cornutus, Virill. A^ejuv, Dief.x. p. 245, (1817.) 
 '' Caprimulgus (xouldii," Catalogue of Rivoli Collect ion, p. 17. 
 " Caprimulcus lono-icaudatus, Spix." D' Orhigny. Guerin's Mag. 
 
 1837, p. 67. 
 Nyctibius pectorahs, Gould. {^' Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1838, 
 
 p. ?") Icon. Av. pi. 16. 
 Nyctibius urutau, La Fresnai/e. Guerin's Mag. de Zool. 1837, p. 
 28. 
 1. Adult, Surinam. Presented by Constantino Ilering, M.D. 
 2, 3. Adult, Cayenne, from the Eivoli collection, 
 4. Adult, Bahia. 
 .5. younger, South America, 
 6. very young, Surinam. Presented by C. Ilering, M.D. 
 
 5. Nyctibius leucopterus, (De Wied.) Des Murs, Icon. Dm. pi. 49, 
 
 50. 
 Caprimulgus leucopterus, De Wied. Reise, ii. p. 227. 
 
 1. Female, South America, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 6. Nyctibius bracteatus, Gould. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1846, 
 
 p, 1. 
 Nyctibius rufus, Cahanis. Schombyrgh Reisen Brit. Guiana, iii 
 p. 711, (1848.) 
 1. Adult? South America. 
 
 3. Genus BATRACHOSTOMUS, Gould. 
 
 1. Batrachosto.'wus javanensis, (Horsf.) Zool. Res. .Lava, pi. 
 
 Podargus javensis, //oAy?eM. Linn. Trans. Lo7idon, x'm. p. 141. 
 '' Podargus cornutus, Horsf." Temm. PI. col. 159. 
 
 1. Adult, .Java, from the Rivoli rolleotion. 
 
 2. Adult male, .Java. 
 
2. Batrachostomus stellatus, Gould. P>oc. Zuol. Soc. London, 
 
 1837, p. 43. 
 '^ Podargus crinifrons, Temm." Bonaji- Conq->. Av. p. 57. 
 
 1, 2. Adult males, Borneo. 
 3, 4. Adult females, Borneo. 
 
 5. young female, Borneo. 
 
 6. female. 
 
 3. Batrachostomus parvulus, (Bonap.) Conspectus Avium, p. 57. 
 
 " Podargus parvulus, Temni. Mus. Lugd." Bonap. ut sup). 
 Batrachostomus affinis, Bli/th. Jour. As. Soc, Bengal, xvi. pt. ii, 
 p. 1180? 
 
 1 . Adult male, Indian archipelago. 
 
 2. Adult female, Indian archipelago. 
 
 4. Batrachostomus auritus, (Vig.) Gould, Icones Av. pi. 
 
 Podargus auritus. Vigors. Griffith's Cuv. vii. p. 114, (1829.) Mem. 
 
 Raffles App. p. 652; (1830.) 
 Bombycistomas Fullertonii, Hay. Jour. As. Soc. Beng. 1841, p. 
 
 574. 
 
 1. Adult, Malay Archipelago. Presented by Mr. Thomas 
 
 Ryan. 
 
 2. Adult male, Malacca. 
 
 4. Genus LYNCORNIS, Gould. 
 
 1. Lyncornis Temminckii, Gould. Icones Avium, p. pi. (1838.) 
 " Caprimulgus imberbis, Temm." Goidd ut sup. 
 Caprimulgus pulcher, Ilaj/. Madras Jour. Lit. & Set. xiii. p. 161, 
 (1845.) 
 
 1, 2. Adult males, Borneo. 
 
 3. Adult female, Borneo. 
 
 4. Adult female. 
 
 III. Siihfamily PODARGINJE. 
 
 1. Genus PODARGUS, Cuvier. 
 
 Podargus HUMERALIS, Vig. and Horsf. Linn. Trans. London, xv. 
 p. 198. Gould B. o/Anst. ii. pi. 3. 
 Podargus australis, Stejohens. Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 92, (part ii.)? 
 Caprimulgus gracilis et strigoides. Lath. Lid. Orn. Supj). p. 58 ? 
 Caprimulgus podargus, Dumont. Diet, des Sci. Hat. xiv. p. 504 ? 
 Podargus cinereus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet, xxvii. p. 151 ? 
 
 1, 2. Adult males, Australia, from Mr. Gould's collection. 
 
 3. Adult female, Australia, from the same. 
 
 4, 5. Adults, Australia, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 6. very young, Australia. 
 
2. PoDARQUS CuviERi, Vig. and Horsf. Linn. Trans. London, xv. 
 
 p. 200. Gould, B. of Aust. ii. pi. 4. 
 
 1. Adult male, Van Dicmen's Land, from Mr. Gould's 
 
 collection. 
 
 2. Adult male, Australia, from the same. 
 
 3, 4. Adult females, Van Diemen's Land, from the same. 
 5, 6. young, Van Diemen's Land, from the same. 
 
 3. PODARGUS MEOACEPIIxVLUS, (Lath.) 
 
 Caprimulgus megacephalus, Latliam. Index Orn. Supj). p. 58. 
 " Podargus Stanleyanus, Lath. MSS." Vig. & Horsf. Linn. 
 Trans. London, xv. p. 197. 
 1, 2. Adults, Australia, from Mr. Gould's collection. 
 
 4. Podargus phal^noides, Gould. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1889, 
 
 p. 142. i?. 0/ ^«s^ ii. pi. 5. 
 1, 2. Adult males, Port Essington, from Mr. Gould's col- 
 lection. 
 Adult female. Port Essington, from the same. 
 
 5. Podargus brachypterus, Gould. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1840, 
 
 p. 163. 
 
 1. Adult male, Australia, from Mr. Gould's collection. 
 
 2. Adult female. King George's Sound, from the same. 
 3, 4. Adults, Port Lincoln, from the same. 
 
 5. Adult, Swan River, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 6. Podargus plumiferus, Gould. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1845, 
 
 p. 104. B. of Aust. ii. pi. 6. 
 
 1. Adult male, Australia, from Mr. Gould's collection. 
 
 2. female ? Australia, from the same. 
 
 7. Podargus papuensis, Quoy and Gaim. Voy. Astrolabe, Zool. i. p. 
 
 207. Ois. pi. 13. 
 1. Adult, Cape York. 
 
 2. Genus yEGOTHELES, Vig. & Horsf. 
 
 1. JSgOTHELES NOV^-HOLLANDIiE, (Lath.) Gould, B. of Aiist.il -pi. 1. 
 Caprimulgus novas-Hollandice, Latham, hid. Orn. ii. p. 588. 
 Caprimulgus vittatus, Latham. Ind. Orn. Supp. p. 58. 
 Caprimulgus cristatus, Shaw. White's Voy. p. 241, pi. 29. 
 ^gotheles australis, Sivainson. Cah. Cy. Birds, ii. p. 338. 
 uEgotheles lunulatus, Jard. & Sel. III. Orn. pi. 149. 
 
 1, 2. Adult males, Australia, from Mr. Gould's collection. 
 
 3. Adult female, Australia, from the same. 
 
 4. Adult female, Van Dicmen's Land, from the same. 
 
 5. young female, Australia, from the same. 
 
 G. female, Australia, from the Ilivoli collection. 
 
 7. young male, Australia, from the same. 
 
 8. young male, Van Diemen's Land. 
 
 9. Adult, Australia. 
 
 2 
 
2. ^EaOTHELES LEUCOGASTER, Grould. Proc. Zool. Soc. LoTidon, 1844, 
 p. 106. B. of Amt. ii. pi. 2. 
 
 1. Adult male, Port Essiugton, from Mr. Gould's collection. 
 
 2. Adult female, Port Essington, from the same. 
 
 IV. Subfamily CHORDEILINuE. 
 1. Genus CHORDEILES, Swainson. 
 
 1. CiroRDEiLEs viRGiNiANUs, (Briss.) And. B. of Am. pi. 147. 
 
 Caprimulgus virginianus, Brisson. Orn. ii. p. 477. 
 Caprimulgus americanus, Wilson. Am. Orn. v. p. 65, pi. 40. 
 Caprimulgus popetue, VieiUot. Ois. d'Am. Se^jt. i. p. 56, pi. 34. 
 
 1. Adult male, Chester county, Pennsylvania. Presented by 
 
 J. K. Townsend, M. D. 
 
 2. Adult female, same locality. Presented by the same. 
 3, 4. Adult males, near Philadelphia. 
 
 5, 6; 7. Adults, North America, from the Rivoli collection. 
 ■'''■ 8. Young male, Mexico, from the same. 
 
 9. Younger, Bogota ? from the same. 
 10. female, Nicaragua, from M. de Barueil's collection. 
 
 2. CnORDEILES BRASILIANUS, (Gm.) 
 
 Caprimulgus brasilianus, Gmelin. Syst. Nat. i. pt. ii. p. 1031. 
 Caprimulgus variegatus et noitibo, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. x. p. 238, 
 
 241. 
 " Caprimulgus jaspideus, Merrem," Bonap. Consjj. Av. p. 61. 
 " Caprimulgus Guianensis, Linn/' Sonnini. Yoy. Azara, (French 
 
 ed. 1809,) iv. p. 120. 
 " Caprimulgus semitorquatus, Linn. Gra. Lath," Be Wied. Beit. 
 
 iii. p. 330. 
 
 1. Adult, Cayenne, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 2. Adult male, Columbia. 
 
 3. Female, South America, from the Rivoli collection. 
 .. ' 4. Male, South America, from the same. 
 
 5, 6. Adults, Nicaragua, from M. de Barueil's collection. 
 
 3. Chordeiles acutipennis, (Bodd.) Buff. PI Enl. 732. 
 
 Caprimulgus acutipennis, Boddaert. Tab. PI. Enl. p. 46, (1783.) 
 Caprimulgus acutus, Gmelin. Syst. Nat. i. pt. ii. p. 1031. 
 Caprimulgus pruinosus, Tschudi. Av. Consp. p. 8. Faun. Per. 
 
 Aves. pi. 6. 
 Caprimulgus cxilis. Lesson. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 44. Comp. aux 
 
 (Eav. de Buff. xx. p. 258. 
 Chordeiles labeculatus, Jardine. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1846, 
 
 p. 118. 
 "Caprimulgus semitorquatus, Linn. Gm. Pr. Max," Tschudi. 
 
 Faun. Per. Orn. p. 21. 
 Chordeiles peruvianus, Pealc. Zool. Voy. V^'ncenncs aoid Peacock, 
 
 p. 172. 
 
: 1, 2. Adult males, Peru. 
 
 3. Younger male, Peru. 
 4, 5. South America, from the Ptivoli collection. 
 
 G. Adult, Guayaquil. Presented by W. S.W. Ruscbcnbcrgcr, 
 M. D.,'TJ. S. Navy. 
 
 4. Chordeiles RurESTRis, (Spix.) Sjjir, Av. Bras. ii. pi. 2. 
 
 Caprimulgus rupestris, Sj)ix. Av. Bras. ii. p. 
 
 1. Male, Kio Negro, South America. 
 
 2. Female, Rio Negro, South America. 
 
 3. very young, same locality. 
 
 5. Chordeiles sapiti, Bonap. Cons. Av. p. 03. 
 
 " Caprimulgus sapiti, Natter. Mus. Vindobonens." Bonaj). (ii.t 
 sup.) 
 
 1, 2. Adults? South America. 
 
 2. Genus LUROCALIS, Cassin. 
 
 1. LuROCALis Nattererii, (Tcmm.) Tcmm.. Pi. Col. 107. 
 
 Caprimulgus Nattererii, Tcmm. PI. Col. ii. (liv. 18.) 
 '* Caprimulgus brachyurus, Mus. Berol," Erman. Reisc, Yerz. p. 
 16. 
 
 1. Adult, South America, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 2. Adult, South America. Presented by M. Burrough, M.D. 
 
 3. Adult, Brazil. 
 
 2. LuROCALis semitorquatus, (Gm.) Buff. PI. Enl. 734. 
 
 Caprimulgus semitorquatus, Gmclin. ^ijst. Nat. i. pt. ii. p. 1031 
 Podager Gouldii, G. R. Grat/. Gen. of Birds, pi. 18. 
 
 1. Adult, Cayenne, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 2. Adult, Demarara, from Mr. Cassin's collection. 
 
 3. Leurocalis LEucorYGUs, (Spis.) A IK Bras. Avcs. pi. 3, fig. 2. 
 
 Caprimulgus leucopygus, S^ti.r. Av. Bras. Avcs. p. 3. 
 Chordeiles minutus, Boncq). Consp. Ar. p. Go. 
 
 1. Adult, Brazil, from tiie Rivoli collection. 
 
 2. Adult, Rio Negro. 
 
 3. Genus EUROSTOPODUS, Gould. 
 
 1. EuROSTOPODUS albogularis, (Vig. & Horsf.) Govid, 71 of Aust. 
 
 ii. pi. 7. 
 Caprimulgus albogularis, Vi<j. d- Ilui'sf, Linn. Trans. London, 
 
 XV. p. 194. 
 Caprimulgus mysticalis, Tcmm. Pi. Coi. 410. 
 Caprimulgus albomaculatus, Cvv. 
 
 1. Adult male, Moreton bay, Australia, from IMr. Gould's 
 collection. 
 
 2, 3. Females, same locality, from the same. 
 4, 5. Australia, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 
2. EuROSTOPODUS GUTTATUS, (Vig. & Horsf.) GouJd^ B. of Aust. ii. 
 pi. 8. 
 Caprimulgus guttatus, Vi(/. & IIor$f. Linn. Trans. London, xv. 
 p. 192. 
 
 1, 2, 3. Males, Australia, from Mr. Gould's Collection. 
 
 4. Female, same locality from the same. 
 
 5. Young female ? same locality, from the same. 
 
 6. Very young, Port Essington, from the same. 
 
 7. Adult, Australia, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 8. Adult, Australia. 
 
 V. Stihfamily NYCTIBROMINJE. 
 1. Genus NYCTIDROMUS, Nuttall. 
 
 1. Nyctedromus AMERIcanus, (Linn.) 8loan^ Nat. Hist. Jamaica, 
 
 ii. p. 296, pi. 255, f. 1. 
 Caprimulgus americanus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i- p. 346, (1766.) 
 Caprimulgus jamaicensis, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 480. 
 Caprimulgus albicollis, Gmclin. Syst. Nat. i. pt. ii. p. 1030. 
 " Caprimulgus albicollis, Gm." Ilartlauh. Syst. Index zu Azara^ 
 
 p. 20, {Bremen, 1847.) 
 "Caprimulgus albicollis, Linn. Gm. Lath. Y\q\]{." U Orhigny. 
 
 Guerin's Mag. 1887.^. 67. 
 " Caprimulgus albicollis, Gm." Lath. Gen. Hist. vii. p. 359. 
 Caprimulgus laticaudatus, Brapiez. Bid. Class. Mist. Nat. vi. p. 
 
 169, (1824.) 
 Nyctidromus Derbyanus, Goidd. Icones Avium, part ii. p. pi. 2, 
 
 (1838.) 
 .1, 2. Adults, South America, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 3. Adult, Mexico, from Mr. Pease's collection. 
 
 4. Nearly adult. South America, from Mr. Cassin's collection. 
 
 5. Male, Nicaragua, from M. de Barueil's collection. 
 
 2. Nyctidromus guianensis, (Gm.) Bjiff. PL Bid. 733. 
 
 Caprimulgus guianensis, Gmclin. Syst. Nat. i. pt. ii. p. 1030. 
 " Caprimulgus albicollis, Linn. Gmel." Be Wied. Beitr.m. p. 318. 
 I f' Caprimulgus albicollis, Gm." Lath. Index Orn. ii. p. 585. 
 
 1. Adult male, Cayenne, from the Rivoli collection. 
 • ' 2. Younger male, Cayenne, from the same. 
 3. Female, Cayenne, from the same. 
 4, 5. Adult males. South America. 
 
 6. Younger, Surinam. Presented by C, Hering, M. D. 
 
 3. Nyctidromus grallarius, (Ronap.) Consp. Av. p. 62. 
 
 " Caprimvilgus grallarius, Wied." Bonaj). ut sup. 
 1, 2. Adult males, Bogota. 
 3. Female, South America. 
 
2. Genus HYDROPSALTS, Wagler. 
 
 1. Hydropsalis torquatus, (Gm.) Temm. PI. col. 157, 158. 
 
 Caprimulgus torquatus, Gmdin. S>jst. Nat. vol. i. pt. ii. p. 1032. 
 Caprimulgus brasiliensis, Brlsson. Orn. ii. p. 481. 
 Caprimulgus furcifer, Vieill. Mniv. Diet. x. p. 242. 
 " Caprimulgus psalurus, Azara." Tcnim. PL col. iv. p. (27 liv.) 
 " Caprimulgus fissicaudus, Merrem." Gray. Cat. Brit. Mus. 
 
 Pissiros. p. 10. 
 "Caprimulgus grandis, Linn. Gm." Lichtenstein. Verzcichniss, 
 
 p. 58. 
 Hydropsalis Azarse, Wagler. Ms, 1832, p. 1222. 
 Psalurus macropterus, /Su'ains. Cah. Gy. Birch ii. p. 339. 
 
 1, 2. Adult males, South America, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 3, 4. Adult females, Brazil, from the same. 
 
 2. Hydropsalis limbatus, Cassin. Proc. Acad. Philada. Oct. 1849. 
 
 Hydropsalis creagra, Bonap. Consj). Av. p. 58, (1850.) ? 
 
 1. Adult male. South America, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 2. Younger male, South America, from the same. 
 
 3. Female or young male, South America. 
 
 3. Hydropsalis segmentatus, Cassin. Proc. Acad. Philada. Oct. 
 
 1849. 
 
 1. Male, Bogota, New Grenada, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 2. Female, Bogota, New Grenada, from the same. 
 
 3. Male, South America. 
 
 4. Hydropsalis lyra, Bonap. Consp. Av. p. 59, (1850.) 
 
 " Hydropsalis lyra, Gould." Bonap. tU sup. 
 
 1. Adult male, Bogota. 
 
 2. Young male? South America. 
 
 5. Hydropsalis climacocercus, (Tsch.) Fauna Peru. Aves, pi. 6. 
 
 fig. 1. 
 Caprimulgus climacocercus, Tschudi. Wicgm. ArcMv. 1844, p. 2G9. 
 1. Female, Guiana. 
 
 3. Genus STENOPSIS. Cassin. 
 
 1. Stenopsis cayennensis, (Gm.) Buff. PI. Enl. 760. 
 
 Caprimulgus cayennensis, Gmclin. Syst. Nat. i. pt. ii. p. 1031. 
 Caprimulgus Icucurus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. x. p. 246. 
 Caprimulgus cayanus. Lath. Inelcx ii. p. 587. 
 Caprimulgus leopetcs, Jard. and Scl. 111. Orn. ii. pi. 87. 
 Caprimulgus odontoptcron, Lessem. Rev.Zool. 1839, p. 105. Cejmp. 
 
 aux CEuv. Buff. XX. p. 260. 
 Caprimulgus enicurus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. x. p. 243 ? 
 Hydropsalis trifurcatus, A^att. Tschudi, Fauna. Per. Orn. p. 129? 
 1, 2. Adult males, Cayenne, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 3. Female, South America, from the same. 
 
 4. Male, South America, rrosentcd by C. Herring, M. D. 
 
2. Stenopsis longtrostris, (Bonap.) Tsclmdi, Faun. Per. Aves. pi. 5, 
 
 fig. 1. 
 Caprimulgus longirostris, Bonaparte. Journ. Acad. Philada. iv. 
 
 p. 384, (1825.) 
 Caprimulgus bifasciatus, Gould. Froc. Zool. Soc. London, 1837, 
 
 p. 22. 
 Caprimulgus decussatus, Tschudi. Consj). Ad. p. 8. 
 
 1. Male, South America, from the Eivoli collection. 
 
 2. Female, South America, from the same. 
 
 3. Female, South America. 
 
 3. Stenopsis parvulus, (Gould.) 
 
 Caprimulgus parvulus, Gould. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1837, 
 
 p. 22. 
 Caprimulgus aequicaudatus ( 5 ) et conterminus, ( 9 ), Feale. Zool. 
 Vol/. Vincennes and Feacock, p. 1G8, 169. 
 1, 2. Males, South America. 
 3. Female, South America. 
 
 4. Stenopsis nigrescens, (Cabanis.) Gray's Genera, pi. 17. 
 
 Caprimulgus nigrescens, Cabanis. Sclionihurgh, Reisen in Brit. 
 
 Gidana, iii. p. 710. 
 *' Caprimulgus semitorquatus, Gm." Gray. Gcn.ntsup. 
 1. Adult, South America. 
 
 5. Stenopsis hirundinaceus, (Spix.) Av. Bras, ii, pi, 3, fig. 1 ? 
 
 Caprimulgus hirundinaceus, Sj^'X' Av. Bras. ii. p. 2 ? 
 1. Young, Cayenne, from the Eivoli collection. 
 
 4. Genus PODAGER, Wagler. 
 
 1. PoDAGER nacunda, (Vieill.) Temm. Fl. col. 182. 
 Caprimulgus nacunda, Yicill. JVbuv. Diet. x. p. 240. 
 Caprimulgus campestris, Licht. VerzeicJmiss, p. 59. 
 Caprimulgus diurnus, I>e Wied. Reise, ii. p. 174. 
 
 1, 2,3. Adults, South America, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 5. Genus ANTROSTOMUS, Gould. 
 
 1. Antrostomus carolinensis, (Gm.) Aud. B. of Jim. pi. 52. 
 
 Caprimulgus carolinensis, Gmelin. Syst. Nat. i. pt. ii. p. 1028. 
 Caprimulgus lucifugus, Bartram. Trav. p. 292. 
 Caprimulgus rufus, Vieill. Ois. d'Am. Sept. i. p. 57, pi. 25. 
 Caprimulgus brachypterus, SfqjJicns. Gen. Zool. x. pt. i. p. 150. 
 
 1. Adult, South Carolina. Presented by William Bland- 
 
 ing, M. D. 
 
 2. Adult, North America, from the Eivoli collection. 
 
 3. Adult, Florida. Presented by E. A. Abadie, M. D., 
 ; • U. S. Army. 
 
2. Antrostomus rufus, (Bodd.) Buff. PL Enl. 735. 
 
 Carprimulgus rufus, Boddaert. Tab. PL EnL p. 46, (1783. 
 Caprimulgus rufus, Gmch'n. Si/st. Nat. vol. i. pt. ii. p. lOoO, (1788.) 
 
 1. Adult, South America^? 
 
 3. Antrostomus serico-caudatus, Cassin. Proc. Acad. PMlada. 
 
 Oct. 1849. 
 
 1. Adult, South America. 
 
 2. Younger, South America, from the Rivoli collection. 
 
 4. Antrostomus vociferus, (Wilson.) Wilson, Am. Orri. pi. 41. 
 
 Caprimulgus vociferus, Wihon. Am. Orn. v. p. 71. 
 Caprimulgus clamator, Vieill. Kouv. Diet. s..^. 2o-^, {l'$,Vi .) 
 Caprimulgus macromystas, Wagler. Ms. 1831, p. 533 ? 
 " Caprimulgus Virginianus, Linn., Gm." VieilL Ois d''Am. Sept. 
 i. p. 55, pi. 23, (1807.) 
 
 1. Adult male, near Philadelphia. Presented by J. K. 
 
 Townsend, M. D. 
 
 2. Adult female, near Philadelphia, presented by the 
 
 same. 
 
 3. Adult female, near New York. 
 
 4. Female, near New York. 
 
 5. A. macromystax ? Vera Cruz. Presented by M. Bur- 
 
 rough, M. D 
 
 6. The same, Mexico. 
 
 5. Antrostomus Nuttalii, [Aud.) Audubon, B. of Am. Octavo edi- 
 
 tion, pi. 495. 
 
 Caprimulgus Nuttalii, Audubon. Orn. Biog. v. p. 335. 
 
 1. Adult, Rocky Mountains. Presented by Mr. J. J. 
 Audubon. 
 
 6. Antrostomus ocellatus, (Tsch.) Fauna Peruana, Orn. pi. 5, 
 
 fig. 2. 
 
 Caprimulgus ocellatus, Tschudi. Weigmann, Archiv. 1844, p. 268. 
 "Caprimulgus brasilianis, Linn. Gm. Prinz Mas." Tsch. Faun. 
 
 Per. Orn. p. 20. 
 
 1. Adult, South America. 
 
 2, Adult, male, Brazil. 
 8. Adult, Brazil. 
 
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