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NIGHTJAE. 



ADEEYN Y DROELL, AND RHODWR, OP THE ANCIENT BRITISH. 



GOATSUCKER. DOR-HAWK. NIGHT-HAWK. PERN-OWL. WHEEL-BIRD. 



EUROPEAN GOATSUCKER. NOCTURNAL GOATSUCKER. CHURN-OWL. 



JAR-OWL. PUCKE RIDGE. 



PLATE LVIII. 



Gaprimulgus Europceus, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



" punctatus, METER. 



Nyctichelidon Europceus, RENNIE. 



IN the middle or the end of May, nidification, so to speak where no 

 nest is found, commences. 



The nest, if a few chance leaves in a hollow of the ground are to 

 be called such, is found in the open rides and walks in woods, as also 

 in their bordering neighbourhood, in moors and barren places, among 

 heath, grass, or fern, from the latter of which one of its secondary 

 names is derived. It is frequently placed at the foot of a tree or a bush. 



The eggs are generally two in number, but three have been known 

 in two instances : in one by Mr. Eddison, and in the other by the Eev. 

 J. Pemberton Bartlett, namely, in the latter case, two young birds and 

 an egg. They are very beautiful, and of nearly a perfect oval shape, 

 the ground colour being white, which is most beautifully clouded and 

 streaked with bluish grey and yellowish brown. The eggs are laid the 

 beginning, and the young are hatched in the middle of July. 



