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.