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given it from its supposed heinous crime of sucking 

 the udders of goats and cows, whereas the true cause 

 of its presence near the cattle may reasonably be 

 attributed to its eagerness to capture the insects 

 which they disturb. Mr. R. B. Sharpe states that 

 a Nightjar was killed near Cookham Dean, as early 

 as the 3rd of March, 1867. Mr. Mackenzie tells me 

 that the Nightjar is very rare in his neighbourhood, 

 but that he shot one at Fawley, on the i8th of 

 July, 1863. 



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