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THE NIGHT-JAR. 



Caprimtdgus enropeus. 



HIS interesting bird rejoices in 

 a variety of titles, and in al- 

 most every locality in which 

 it is frequently met with, it is 

 known by some familiar name. 

 Hence, it is variously spoken 

 of as " Goatsucker/"' " Dor- 

 hajy k / ' "Nigh t-ha w k/ ' 

 " F ern-ow l." " Wheel-bird." 

 " J ar-ow 1/* "Ch urn-ow 1," 

 and other names more or less 

 suggestive of the bird's habits 

 and peculiarities. 



Although not strictly speak- 

 ing rare, the Night-jar is a bird 

 not commonly seen or closely 

 observed ) a state of things 

 easily accounted for when we 

 consider that it is of purely 

 nocturnal habits, and usually 

 spends the hours of daylight 

 silent and motionless. The 

 writer, some years ago, while 

 making a journey one morn- 



