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44. ATHENEINOCTUA | wie 0. 6 «0. 2 VolleeRlate cxexexe vill, 
LittLE Ow. 
A very common bird in France and other parts of Europe. In 
England it may have and doubtless has occurred more frequently than 
has been supposed ; but it is a bird which cannot be easily detected, 
however diligently it may be searched for. Numerous instances of 
its occurrence are on record: and besides the nest mentioned by 
Hunt as having been taken at no great distance from Norwich, an- 
other is reported to have been met with in the New Forest, and the 
young taken and reared at Harrow. 
ORDER INSESSORES. 
Family CAPRIMULGID 2. 
Members of this great family of nocturnal birds frequent the 
warmer portions of almost every part of the globe, and are nearly 
as varied in structure as they are numerous in species. In the New 
World the cave-loving Steatornis and the long-tailed Hydropsales 
are among the most conspicuous of the forms inhabiting that section 
of the world, as the great Podargi and the eared Lyncornithes are of 
the Old. Their food mainly consists of insects and their larvae, with 
occasionally fruits and berries. 
Genus CarrRIMuLets. 
The birds of this restricted form are confined to the Old World, over 
the greater portion of which they range. Two are found in Great 
Britain. 
45> | CAPRIMULGUS EUROPMUSs «2: i) 0) se) ee Ole OIIae 
NiguHtsar or GoaTsucKER. 
The Nightjar, Goatsucker, or Churn-Owl, by which trivial names 
this species is known, is a true migrant, and is very generally dis- 
persed over the British Islands from its arrival in May until its de- 
parture in September. 2 
AG; CAPRIMULGUS 'RUFICOLLIS' § . )..045 2 1045 SVoliie RISh. 
RED-NECKED GOATSUCKER. 
An inhabitant of Spain, North Africa, and Palestine, which has 
once appeared in our islands. 
