THE NIGHTJAR 
plumage greyish white and buff, charmingly vermiculated 
with darker grey and black, and barred and spotted, espe- 
cially on the crown and under parts ; the sides of the neck 
and the cheeks are marked with a white spot; the two 
outside tail-feathers are broadly tipped with white, and 
there is a large white spot near the centre of the first 
three primaries. Bill brownish black; tarsi and toes 
brown ; irides brown. Length 1ofinches. ‘The female 
closely resembles the male in general colour, but the white 
patches on the wings and the white tips to the tail-feathers 
are absent, whilst the spots on the neck and cheeks are pale 
buff. ‘The nestling is without the white spots on the wings 
and tail, the former being marked with chestnut-buft 
bar-like spots on the inner webs, and spots of the same 
colour on the outer margin of the outer web. ‘The tail is 
barred with light and dark brown; the smaller wing- 
coverts are nearly black, mottled with rusty brown. ‘The 
claw of the middle toe is curiously serrated or toothed, 
not only in the adults, but in the young. 
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