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NIGHT HAWK. 
Chordeiles popetue—The Night Hawk. 
This is a well known bird. It arrives here 
from the south about the ‘middle of May. The 
colors of this bird, though plain, have a beautiful 
effect from the elegance of their disposition: the 
plumage being beautifully freckled, barred, and 
spotted with brown, black, grey, and ferrugi- 
nous, variously arranged and diversified. The 
bill is small, flat, and hooked at the tip; the 
eyes are large, full, and black; the legs are 
short, rough, and scaly, and feathered below the 
knee. The male is distinguished from the female 
