Price 1 15s: ICONES AVIUM, FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS NEW AND INTERESTING SPECIES OF BIRDS FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD. BY JOHN GOULD, F.LS., &c. FORMING A SUPPLEMENT TO HIS PREVIOUS WORKS. PART II. MONOGRAPH OF THE CAPRIMULGID %, PART I. Lyncornis macrotis. — Temminckii. Batrachostomus auritus. Nyctibius pectoralis. Nyctidromus Derbyanus. Semeiophorus (Macrodipteryx >) vexillarius. Amblypterus anomalus. | | Lyncornis cerviniceps. | PRINTED BY RICHARD AND JOHN E. TAYLOR, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, 20, BROAD STREET, GOLDEN SQUARE. AUGUST, 1838. PRppun may yy 713 Way / ay VAT TtOn (PHD) * SOVVINON VY S OSA d WT EV 7 —-- Genus AMBLYPTERUS, Goudd. CHARACTERES GENERICI. Rostrum debile et elongatum. Nares elevate et rotundate. ictus setis robustis instructus, rostro longioribus. Ale truncate ; remigibus ewternis seatis fere equalibus et falcatis ; remigibus secundo, tertio, quarto ad externum pogonium emarginatis, septimo, octavo, nono ad apices elongatis et attenuatis, decimo abrupte brevi; secondariis brevissimis, rotundatis, tertiartisque elongatis, conditis. Cauda brevissima et quadrata. Pedes ambulatoru. Tarsi elongatt, graciles, squamis indistinctis antice et postice fasciati ; digito intermedio longissimo et gracillimo ; digitis lateralibus brevibus et equalibus ; digito postico parvo, debili et libero ; unguibus elongatis, ungue medio pectinato. AMBLYPTERUS ANOMALUS, Gould. Amb. summo capite, corpore supra, et alis cinereo-fuscis, singulis plumis nigro irregulariter sparsis et maculatis ; promarus nigris, ad bases rubrescenti-cervinis, ad apices albis ; secondariis cervinis, nigrescenti-fusco irregulariter fasciatis ; rectricibus caud@ cervinis, nigrescenti-fusco irregulariter fasciatis et maculatis ; duabus centralibus cinereo-fuseis ; gutture, pectore, et abdomine ad partem superiorem nigrescenti-fuscis, singulis plumis cervino maculatis ; abdomine imo pallide cervino, singulis plumis nigrescenti-fusco transversim fasciatis ; rostro fusco ; pedibus pallide fuscis. Long. tot. 63 unc.; rostri, 1; ala, 53; caude, 3; tarsi, f. we A pale fawn-coloured stripe from the nostrils over each eye; crown of the head, back, and wings greyish brown ; the centre of each feather irregularly dashed and spotted with black ; primaries black, with the basal portion reddish fawn colour, and the tips white; secondaries fawn colour, irregularly barred with blackish brown, the tips being paler; two centre tail-feathers greyish brown, irregularly barred and speckled with blackish brown; the remainder of the feathers fawn colour, irregularly barred with blackish brown, and speckled on the intermediate spaces with the same colour, the whole largely tipped with light fawn ; throat, chest, and upper part of the abdomen blackish brown, each feather on the chest having a longitudinal stripe of fawn down the centre, the whole minutely speckled with fawn; lower part of the abdomen light fawn colour, each feather transversely barred with blackish brown ; bill brown ; feet light brown. Amblypterus anomalus, Gould, in Proc. of Zool. Soc. Part V. 1837, p. 105. A sINGLE specimen of this truly anomalous Goat-sucker forms part of the collection of the British Museum ; it is the only one I have ever seen, and is, I believe, entirely new to science. The only information I have been able to obtain respecting it is, that Mr. J. E. Gray purchased the speci- men above mentioned from a collection of skins at Liverpool, which were said to be from Demerara. The figure is of the natural size. hi ne mn ~ - (Could / ID Te TROT NYC TLDIR OMS Genus NYCTIDROMUS, Gould. CHARACTERES GENERICI. Rostrum mediocre, ad basin latissimum, hiatu amplissimo, rictu setis elongatis mstructo. Nares sub-basales, elevate, transversim subovales, aperte. Ale mediocres, remige tertio ceteris prestante, Cauda elongata, ampla, subrotundata. Tarsi nudi, elongati, antice scutellati. Digitorum externus et internus breves, intermedius elongatus, ungue pectinato ; digitus posticus liber, parvus, et ungue parvulo instructus. NYCTIDROMUS DERBYANUS, Goud. Nyct. fronte, vertice, nuchd, et regione interscapulart cinerescentibus, minutissime mgro punctatis ; vertice et nuchd lined wregulart nigra ornatis ; genis, plumis auricularibus, mentoque rufo-fuscis, hic obscure mgro fasciato, lined cervind ab angulo oris ; ale tectricibus rufo, cervino, nigroque ornatis ; primariis ad basin mgrescentibus, rufo fasciatis, in medio albis, ad apicem nigrescenti-fuscis ; secondariis rufo fuscoque fasciatis ; scapularibus rufis, nigrescenti punctatis et lineatis necnon cervino-marginatis ; dorso imo, rectricibusque caude duabus intermediis sordidé cervuus, nigro pun- ctatis, et obscure fasciatis; rectrice externd utrinque nigra, intis albo marginatd ; reliquis albis; corpore subtus cervino, Susco fasciato ; pectore superiore plagd albd semidivisd ornato ; rostro pedibusque brunneis. Long. tot. 12 une.; rostri, 12; ale, 7; caude, 7; tarsi, 14. : Forehead, top of the head, back of the neck, and space between the shoulders pale grey, minutely pencilled with 5) black, and with an irregular mark of black from the top of the head along the back of the neck; sides of the IR face, ear-coverts, and chin rufous brown, the latter obscurely barred with black, a stripe of buff running from the angle of the mouth; wing-coverts mottled rufous, buff and black, each feather largely tipped with buff ; \ \\ base of the primaries black, banded with rufous, to which succeeds a central band of white, the remainder being ‘ brownish black; secondaries alternately with brown and rufous; scapularies rufous brown, freckled with y black, bounded externally with blackish brown, and margined with buff; lower part of the back and central tail-feathers dirty buff, obscurely freckled and barred with blackish brown; outer tail-feather on each side black, with a white internal margin ; the remaining tail-feathers white, under surface buff, barred with brown 5 a white semidivided gorget across the chest; bill and feet brown. Nyctidromus Derbyanus, Gould, in Proc. of Zool. Soc. Part VI. 1838. Tur members of this group are confined to South America; they run much on the ground, and are remark- able for the great dilatation of the base of the under maxillary bones. There are at least ten species of this peculiar form, among which has hitherto reigned the greatest confusion. The present bird, which I have reason to believe has been confounded with other proximate species, I venture to distinguish by the title of Derbyanus. The figure is of the natural size, and is taken from a fine example kindly lent to me by the Earl of Derby. ica NIA \ S Jha v ) SNM OIA cl © Tt AC TAT a S ry? BY Dyes Be a scant eine Genus SEMEIOPHORUS, Gould. CHARACTERES GENERICI. Characteres ut in genere Macrodipteryx dicto, nist quod remiges sextus, septimus, et octavus gradatim elongats fiunt, usque ad nonum, qui his, sicut vexillum, prestat, barbasque fert per totam longitudinem. SEMEIOPHORUS (Mm4CRODIPTERYX?) VEXILLARIUS, Gould. Semeioph. capite, alarum tectricibus, dorso, scapularibusque longioribus nigris, cervino, rufoque adspersis ; nuchd, torque, castaneo ornatd ; scapularibus brevioribus nigrescenti-fuscis rufo irroratis, et extis cervino late marginatis ; alis nigre- scenti-fuscis, primariis et ad basin, et apicem, secondariisque ad apicem albis ; caudd nagrescente, fusco, et cervino, Lt Z 4 necnon fasciis irregularibus nigris ornatd ; mento cinereo, et fusco, picto ; gula sagittam albam ferente ; pectore rufo, 2 fuscoque ornato ; abdomine cinerescenti-albo, fasciis nigrescentibus angustis crebré notato ; rostro pedibusque brun- y nels. 2 Long. tot. 10 wnc.; rostri, 1; ale, 28; caude, 5}; tarsi, 1. ¥; ° . : Head, wing-coverts, back, and the longest of the scapularies black, mottled with buff and rufous ; round the back Z of the neck an irregular collar of reddish chestnut ; shortest of the scapularies brownish black sprinkled with gs rufous, and with a broad stripe of buff along their outer margin; wings blackish brown, the base and tips of the primaries and the tips of the secondaries white ; tail mottled blackish brown and reddish buff, crossed by large blotches of blackish brown, forming a series of irregular bars; chin mottled grey and brown ; in the centre of the throat an arrow-head-shaped mark of pure white ; remainder of the throat and chest mottled rufous and dark brown ; abdomen greyish white, crossed by numerous narrow bars of brownish black, fading off into greyish white without bars on the vent and under tail-coverts ; bill and feet light brown. nes I> Ta re Semeiophorus (Macrodipteryz ?) vewillarius, Gould, in Proc. of Zool. Soc. Part VI. 1838. Tur general structure of this species is precisely the same as that of the Macrodipteryax Africanus, Swains. § | I yi prery: and it doubtless represents that bird on the opposite side of the African continent ; still, as the form of the wine is very different, I have ventured to propose for it a separate generic station, leaving future research to § Wy ? I § prove whether I have taken a correct view of the subject. Little is known respecting this singular species further than that it inhabits the islands lying between those of Bourbon and Madagascar ; that it is numerous on the shores of the Red Sea and in the Island of Scutra. The figure is of the natural size. Genus LYNCORNIS, Gould. CHARACTERES GENERICI. Caput penicillis elongatis (quasi auribus) instructum. Rostrum depressum et perdebile ; rictu amplissimo, infra oculos tendente, setisque carente ; naribus basalibus rotundatis, plumisque frontis obtectis. Ale perlonge, primarus rigidis, remige secundo longissimo. Cauda mediocris, equalis, et, (sicut ale,) notéd alba carens. Tarsi breves, robusti, antice, plumis ex parte, tecti. Digiti breves, ad basin membrana conjuncti, laterales equales ; intermedi unguis pectinatus. LYNCORNIS CERVINICEPS, Gould. Lyne. vertice pallide cervino, minute nigro fasciato, plumis nonnullis notis nigris in medio ornatis ; genis, plumisque auricu- laribus castaneis, nigro crebré adspersis ; penicillis capitis nigris ; guld pectoreque nigrescenti-fuscis ; lined alba inter has partes dividente, dilutiore ad nucham, et in cervinum transeunte ; abdomine cervino, plumis ad basin mgris ; dorso alisque, cervino, castaneo, nigroque variegatis ; primariis nigrescenti-fuscis, castaneo interrupte fasciatis ; cauda nigre- scenti-fuscd, cervino adspersd, et interrupte, et late fasciata. Long. tot. 231 wne.; rostri, 12; ale, 12; caude, 74; tarsi, 2. Crown of the head light buff, minutely barred with black, several of the feathers having central spots of the same colour; sides of the face and ear-coverts chestnut, largely freckled with black; egrets black; throat and chest blackish brown, with a line of white dividing the chest and throat, and expanding upon the back of the neck, where it deepens into fawn colour; abdomen and under-surface buff, with the basal portion of each feather black; back and wings mottled with buff, chestnut, and black, the buff predominating along the scapularies and down the centre of the wing; primaries blackish brown, with interrupted bands of chestnut ; tail blackish brown, with four or five broad, irregular bands of buff, the black interspaces marbled with buff ; bill and feet brown. Lyncornis cerviniceps, Gould, in Proc. of Zool. Soc. Part VI. 1838. I Ave never seen more than a single specimen of this truly beautiful Goat-sucker ; and this I received seven years ago ; it was said to be a native of China or the adjacent islands. I have selected it as the type of the genus Lyncornis, a minor group among the Caprimulgide, conspicuous for their large eyes, lengthened egrets, and great powers of flight. The analogy of this group to that of the horned owls is too palpable to escape observation ; the irides of the members of this genus will in all probability prove to be either yellow or hazel. The species described above is in the collection of the Zoological Society. The figure is of the natural Size. ffs pet h , # & - nA 4 : ' j ; wy ¥ LYNCORNIS MACROTI S3 (Gould/ Tronted by C Hadimandel: LYNCORNIS MACROTIS. Lyne. vertice intense castaneo, nigro irrorato, necnon parce maculato ; guld, facie, plumisque auricularibus nigrescenti- fuscis, castaneo irroratis ; inter gulam pectusque annulo, antice albo, apud nucham in cervinum transeunte ; dorso, pectoreque saturate nigrescenti-fuscis, castaneo obscure notatis ; abdomunis plumis saturate nigrescenti-fuscis, cervino largé marginatis ; scapularibus cervinis nigro irregulariter ornatis ; alis saturate nigrescenti-fuscis, fascus castaneis fere obsoletis notatis ; caudd nigrescenti-fuscd, cervino irrorata et fasciatd ; rostro pedibusque fuscis. Long. tot. 12 une. ; rostri, 14; ale, 10%; tail, 71; tarsi, 2. 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 neck; 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 black ; 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. Tus species was first described by Mr. Vigors several years since, as the Caprimulgus macrotis. It was received from Manilla, and was presented by Hamilton Lindsay, Esq., to the Zoological Society, of whose collection it now forms a part. The specimen from which my drawing was taken is the only example that has come under my notice ; it is less in all its proportions than Lyncornis cerviniceps, and also differs in the much darker tints of its plumage, particularly on the crown of the head, back and chest. The figure is of the natural size. fem LYNCORNIS TEMMINCKII, Goud Lyne. vertice cinerescenti-fusco, nigro exiliter fasciato, et apud plumarum apicem maculato ; gula castaneo nigroque fasciatd ; annulo collum circumdante, antice albo, postice cervino; capitis penicillis, brevibus, mgris ; pectore nigrescente, castaneo maculato ; dorso, castaneo, cervino, maculisque nigris, ornato ; remigibus alarum nigrescenti-fuscis, castaneo obsolete fasciatis ; abdomine pallide cervino, plumis singulis ad basin mgris ; caudd fusca, castaneo interrupte fasciata ; rostro pedibusque fuscis. Long. tot. 103 unc.; rostri, 11; ale, 8; caude, 54; tarsi, 4. Crown of the head greyish brown, minutely barred with black, many of the feathers having a black spot at the apex; throat barred with rich chestnut and black; round the neck a collar, which is white anteriorly, and buff posteriorly ; egrets short and black ; chest blackish, freckled with chestnut ; back ornamented with tints of chestnut and fawn, spotted and irregularly freckled with black ; quills blackish brown, with nearly obsolete bars of chestnut; under-surface pale buff mingled with black, which latter colour occupies the base of each feather ; tail brownish black, with interrupted bars of chestnut; bill and feet brown. Lyncornis Temminckit, Gould, in Proc. of Zool. Soc. Part VI. 1838. Tuus species I had named Lyncornis collaris in my MS., and my friend M. Temminck has recently sent me a specimen under the name of imberbis; now as the term codlaris is applicable to every species of the genus, and the term imberdis equally so, I have considered it best to rescind both these specific appellations, and to substitute in their place that of Temminckii, thus dedicating the species to my excellent friend. This appears to be a much more abundant species than the two preceding ; I have several examples in my own collection. It is a native of Borneo. The figure is of the natural size. ze eee = — SS = — > ee = UUNTLUAY Ad AITO TTT ET a i" om I" Genus BATRACHOSTOMUS, Gould. CHARACTERES GENERICa. Rostrum latius, ac magis depressum quam in genere Podareus dicto, (cui L y ee ws gus dicto, Ce genert hoc approximat) culmine minis cari- [ ue Oculi superne cute nudd late marginati, et cristulis mfra-oculari, postice spectantibus mstructi, t septimo longissimis et inter se fere digitique non tantum breviores sed debiliore ; et penicillis tecte. plumosis, alterd superciliari, alterd Al yp IE e quam im Podargo longiores, equalibus. Cauda mediocris et rotundata, Tarsi farsi antice per dimidium plumosi. remigibus quarto, quinto, sexto e S$ quam in Podargo ; BATRACHOSTOMUS AURITUS. Mas. Batr. capite dorsoque superiore cas OMe Tene ; . ; S- . 5( SU castaneis, 2S, guttisque irre - ca en ee ; : ; oe - i} lineis, guttisque wregularibus cervinis, Juscisque, ornatis ; torque nuchali cervino ; tectricibus ale saturate castaneis nigro, notis fe . ee : ‘ S, , notisque triangularibus stramineis or ymarte > fuser A gu S siraminets ornatis ; 4 S saturate fuscis Pepurrcaularte @fasciatis apicibus + atc oe primaris saturate fuscis, : oe ees S aprerdus rupis ; scapularibus rufescentibus, singulis plumis nigro ad apicem guttatis ; se- condariis cauddque rufo-castaneis, lineis pallidioribus nigrescente dorso imo fusco, rufo nigroque fasciato, cristuld supercihari fusco, plumarum marginibus externis stramineis : marginatis, fasciatis ; fasciis caude migro adspersis ; stramineoque pictd ; cristuld ufra-oculari rufescente, oh UM guld pectoreque rufo-fuscis, illd, colore pallidiore, necnon migro, fasciata ; hoc stramineo fasciato ; abdomine cervino, colore pallidiore Fasciato, plumis nonnullis nigro ad apicem guttatis ; rostro ad basin flavo, ad apicem rufo-fusco ; pedibus aurantiacis, Fam. ven Mas Jun. Differt solummodd plumis plus griseo lavatis, precipue scapularibus, torque nuchal pallidiore, plu- marum apicibus cervinis nigro irregulariter cinctis. Long. tot. 16 une.; rostri ab anculo oris ad apicem, 24, latitudo, 2%; ale, 111; caude, 81; tarsi, ro Mave. Head, and upper part of the back chestnut brown, each feather crossed by several irregular, reddish cream-coloured bars, which are bounded on each side with narrow lines of dark brown, the intermediate spaces being sprinkled with the same colour; feathers of the back of the neck largely tipped with reddish cream colour, forming a broad crescent round the back of the neck; wing coverts dark chestnut brown, ir- regularly rayed with black, each feather terminated with a triangular, cream-coloured mark, which is bounded on each of its upper sides with a patch of black, the extremity of each of these feathers having a spatulate recurved form ; primaries dark brown, passing into reddish brown at the tip, and crossed by irregular bars of the reddish brown, which latter colour, especially on the inner webs, is sprinkled with blackish brown ; scapu- laries the same, but with rufous tmt pervading the whole, and each feather with a circular spot of black at the extremity of the stem; secondaries and tail reddish chestnut, each feather crossed by broad bars of a lighter tint, which are bounded on each side with a line of blackish brown, and those on the tail sprinkled th the same colour; lower part of the back dark brown, crossed by bars of reddish brown, which are bounded with black ; tuft above the eye mottled brown and cream colour, that beneath the eye reddish brown with the outer webs cream colour; throat and chest rufous brown, the former crossed by indistinct bars of a lighter tint and black, and the latter by bars of cream colour which assume a spatulate form on the tips of some of the feathers, and give a spotted appearance to this part; the remainder of the under surface pale reddish fawn, crossed with indistinct bars of a still lighter tint, some of the feathers having a small spot of black near the tip ; bill yellow at the base, passing into reddish brown at the tip; feet orange yellow. Less in size; similar in the character of its colouring, but the whole of the upper FemMALe or YounG Mate. ie especially on the scapularies ; the nuchal collar much paler, wit and under surface strongly tinged with grey, eee the cream-coloured tips of the feathers bounded both above and below with a broad irregular line of black. Podargus auritus, App. to Mem. of Sir T. S. Raffles, p. 652. Vig. & Horsf. in Griffith’s Transl. of Cuv. An. Kingd., vol. 2. Pl. IV. p. 114. aes a for our k Jee of this ver W indebted to the researches of the late Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles for our ale L BE are indebted t ane ate ‘ribed in the Appendix to Lac Mian cpecies. It is a native of Sumatra, Malacca, &c., and was first described in : a I ady singular species. oe oe ce eal ; to its habits or economy. Raffles’ Memoir of her distinguished husband ; but nothing whatever is known as : i c 4 C The figures are of the natural size. aD m 5} NYCTIBUS PECTORALIS ; Gnd) NYCTIBIUS PECTORALIS, Gould. Nyct. alis cauddque haud albo Sasciatis ; fronte nigrescenti -fusco ; plumis badio alboque terminatis ; nonnullis, et precipue cistulis superciharibus Suscis, lineis nigris ornatis ; scapularibus cinereo ittd nigra a mandibuld mferiore pictis, pectore nigro large notato ; abdomi Suscis, irregulariter brunneo fasciatis notatisque cinereo intermixtis transversim fasciatd ; nucha dorsoque cinerescenti que pictis; humeris intense fuscis ; v subtus cinereo brunneoque » fusco, nigro- currente ; guld, corporeque neque nigro irregulariter fasciato ; primariis intus , externe cinereo Juscoque fasciatis. rostro pedibusque mgrescentibus. Long. tot. 121 une. ; rostri, 11; ale, 93; caude, 7+ 4 ad plumas auriculares ex Cauda fused, nigrescente et 5 tarsi, I. Wings and tail without any large white bar; forehead blackish-brown, some buif and white, particularly those of the elevated tufts which back greyish brown, each feather with a fine black mark of the feathers slightly tipped with arise before each eye; back of the neck and down the centre; scapularies mingled grey, brown and black, the latter colour in large patches and occupying the tips of the feather ; upper surface of the shoulder deep blackish brown; under-surface tl 1e same, spotted with white; a black mark or band passes beneath the under mandible and ends at the ear-coverts ; throat and all the under-surface finely mottled with light gray and light brown; the chest having large blotches of black running down the middle, and crescent-shaped irrecular band of the same crossing the upper part of the abdomen; primaries brown on their inner webs with obscure, indistinct blotches and irregular bands of lighter brown, their external webs obscurely banded with light grey and brown; all the tail-feathers brown, crossed with obscure, broad, arrow- headed, mottled bars of blackish brown and grey; bill and feet blackish brown. a Nyctibius pectoralis, Gould, in Proc. of Zool. Soc. Part VI. 1838. Tuts species inhabits the northern parts of Brazil. It is nearly allied to Caprimulgus Jamaicensis, but is os - : : : De a aaa ny ms Of h less in all its admeasurements ; it is also allied to, but differs from the Caprimulgus longicaudatus of muc S iIné é ‘ai Spix. The figures are of the natural size.