174 COMMON NIGHTJAR. 



Other birds of the Family Cypselidce are : — 

 ALPINE SWIFT. 



CYPSELUS MELBA. 



Genus Cypselus. 



White-bellied Swift. 



Something like a score of specimens have been 

 obtained in our islands, mostly in England. 



NEEDLE-TAILED SWIFT. 



CH/ETURA CAUDACUTA. 



Genus Ch.^tura. 



An Asiatic bird which has only twice been shot in 

 the British Isles. The last was shot in Hampshire, 

 near Ringwood, in 1879. 



COMMON NIGHTJAR. 



CAPRIMULGUS EUROP^US. 



Family Caprimulgid.b. Genus Caprimulgus. 



Goat Sucker— Fern Owl— Churn Owl— Night Churr— \Mieel- 

 bird — Fern Owl. 



The Nightjar or Goat Sucker is a fairly common 

 bird in England, especially in the south. It also 

 occurs in Scotland and Ireland. It is a migratory 

 bird, and arrives about the middle or end of May, 

 leaving again in September. 



The Nightjar, as its name implies, seeks its prey in 

 the evening, feeding on moths, beetles, and such other 



