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everywhere. Nests. An adult shot Sept. 10, 1872 at 

 Aldeburgh ; a somewhat late appearance (J. G. Tuck in Z. 

 2nd S. 3799), as the bird commonly leaves by the middle of 

 August. For an interesting account of the nesting of 

 this bird at Thetford see Salmon in Loudon's Mag. N. 77. 

 vii, (1834) 462—465. 



FAM. CAPMMULGIDJ3. 



Nightjar, Caprimulgus europcetis, L. 



S. and W. Cat. 33. — Spald. List, xxxvii. On extensive 

 heaths and moors bordering on woods. 



Districts all. Recorded as common at Woodbridge (T. Carthew), 

 at Oakley (W. Clarke), and near Brandon (F. Norgate); as not uncommon 

 at Yarmouth (Paget), onKcsgrave Heath (Moor), and Gazeley (Tearle); 

 and as rare at Bramford (Haward), about Ipswich (W. B. Clarke), at 

 Cockfield (C.B.), about Sudbury (King), at Barton Mere (H. Jones), 

 and at Polstead (Cooke). Recorded from various other localities. Eggs 

 have been obtained at Herringfleet (Leathes in litt.), Benacre Heath 

 (Creed), Westleton (F. Spalding), Bentley (H. Turner), Oakley (Clarke), 

 Thetford (Salmon), Elveden (A. Newton), Rougham (Morris), Rattlesden 

 (Col. Parker), Monk's Wood Felsham (F. Clark), and at Polstead 

 (Cooke). 



Found not uncommonly in most parts of the county where 

 there are heaths and warrens ; it occurs also in and near woods 

 and plantations. This bird which more usually leaves 

 us by the end of August or the middle of September 

 was taken by Major Harris at the Vinery, Bury St. 

 Edmund's, Oct. 2, 1881 (L. Travis in litt.) ; and was seen 

 at Tostock .Rectory, Oct. 17, 1880, (Foster-Melliar MS.). 

 It is most commonly asleep or torpid in the day-time ; Mr. 

 Ilele while driving to Leiston Sept. 29, 1861, saw one of 

 these birds asleep on the bough of a fir-tree, and knocked 

 it clown with his whip [Aid. 91); one was observed apparently 

 asleep on a gate in a meadow at Cockfield Kectory in 

 October 1877; it flew off when about to be seized (A. Parish 

 v.v.). It has been observed however to be hawking about 

 for food in the middle of the day, and once even when the 

 sun Avas shining brightly (S. and W. u. s.). See an 

 interesting paper on the breeding of the Nightjar in 



