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CAPRIMULGUS EUROP^US. TJIE EUROPEAN 

 GOATSUCKER, OR NIGHTJAR. 



FERN OWL. 



CHURN OWL. JAR OWL. DOR HAWK. NIGHT HAWK. 

 NIGHT CHURR. 



Fig. 274. 



Caprimulgus europseus. Liun. Syst. Nat. I. 346. 



Caprimulgus europseus. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 584. 



Goatsucker. iMont, Orn. Diet. 



L'Engoulevent ordinaire. Caprimulgus europseus. Temin. Man. d'Orn. 



I. 436. 

 European Goatsucker. Caprimulgus europseus. Selb. Illustr. 

 Caprimulgus Europseus. European Goatsucker. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 160. 



Upper parts grey, minutely dotted and undulated with dusky, 

 and rariegated with yelloicish-red, the head and hack xcith longi- 

 tudinal black streaks ; loicer parts transversely U7idulated with 

 light-red and dusky. In the male, the outer three quills have a 

 large ichite spot on the inner web, and the two lateral tail-feathers 

 are largely tipped xcith ichite. The young in their first plumage 

 are similar to the female, but someichat darker. 



Male. — The general characters of the Goatsuckers given in 

 the preceding pages, apply in all respects to the present species, 



