280 

 1NSESSOBES. 



FISSIROSTRES. 



CAPRIMULGID.E. 



CAPIUMULGID^E. 



THE NIGHTJAR. 



Caprimulgus Europeus. 



Caprimulgus Europeus, The Nightjar, 



Nighthawk, 



Nightjar, 



L'Engoulevent 

 ordinaire, 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 566. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. 



p. 312. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 62. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. 



p. 131. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 160. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. 

 p. 436. 



CAPRIMULGUS. Generic Characters. Beak very short, flexible, slightly 

 bent, the gape very wide, upper mandible curved at the point, and fur- 



