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This species visits us about May, and retires in 

 August. 



GENUS XXX. 



CAPRIMULGUS. 



Bill short, hooked, base beset with bristles, mouth 

 wide ; tongue small entire ; toes connected by a 

 membrane to the second joint ; legs short, middle 

 claw serrated ; tail of ten feathers. 



1. EUROPjEUS. GOAT SUCKER, NIGHT-JAR, 

 OR FERN OWL. 



C. niyer cinereofusco ferruyineo alboque varius, sub- 

 tus albo rufescensfasciisfuscis. Shaw. 



The mouth is purple ; the whole plumage consists 

 of a most beautiful intermixture of black, brown, 

 rust colour, and white, beneath it is reddish, with 

 brown bands. 



The male has an oval white spot on the inner web 

 of the first three quill feathers, and at the tip of the 

 two outer tail feathers. 



The goat sucker is a migratory and solitary bird, 

 appearing with us about the middle of May, and re- 

 tiring in September or October. 



It makes no nest, but lays two oval whitish eggs, 



