THE VIRGINIAN — THE GRAND GOATSUCKER. 313 



Come hither Description ! assist to me sing. 

 The birds who this day met their Vulturid King. 



He from high Chimborazo* or Cataractsf came, 

 (Or from that lofty giant envelopM in flame, 



altiioiigh the last portion of them relate to the Osprey. See 

 note (1) of the tirst Part, article Ossi/ragus. 



The VirginianuSf Virginian Goat-sucker, Slwrt-winged 

 Goatsucker^ N ight-haick,nnd sometimes Whip-poor -willy is brown, 

 transversely vaiied with grey-brown and a little ash-co!our ; 

 beneath reddish-wiiite ; eight inches long; makes a disagreeably 

 loud noise all night long; eggs green, with diisky spots and 

 streaks; inhabits Noith Amenca. 



The Grandis, or Grand Goat-sucker, is nearly two feet 

 Jong; the gape of the month so large as readily to admit a man's 

 fibt ; inhabits Cayenne. 



The Indicus, a small elegant bird, and the Asiaticus, or Bom- 

 bay Goat-sucker, inhabit India. The Nova Hollandia, or 

 Crested Goat-sucker, is found in New Holland ; the Longi- 

 pennis, or Leona Goat-sucker, at Siena Leone. 



The goat-suckers being chiefly American birds, exhibit in 

 that continent, of course, the greatest variety in their manners 

 and notes. Waterton, in his Wanderings, mentions .five 

 kinds that have each a peculiar set of notes. One utters, 

 " fl'hi) are ym, uho, who, who are you ;" another, " Work 

 away, work, work away;" another, " Willy come go; another, 

 which is also ronimon to the United States, " Whip poor will, 



* The hightst peak of the Andes, and, as far as is hitherto 

 known, theljighest mountain in America. 



t The cataracts of the Andes are unrivalled : that of Tequen- 

 daina dashes, at two bounds, down a perpendicular heisht of 

 six hundred feet, with an astounding roar, into a dark and 

 frightful a!»yss. The tremendous cataracts of Maypuri and 

 Apvr'e may also be mentioned. 



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