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CAPRIMULGID^E. 



INSESSORES. 



FISSIROSTRES. 



CAPRIMULGIDtf. 



THE NIGHTJAR. 



Caprlmulgus Europeus. 



Caprimulgus Europeus, Tlie Nightjar, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 566. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 312. 



Nighthawk, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 62. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 131. 



Nightjar, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 160. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xviii. 



ISEngoulevent ordinaire, 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 furnished with a 

 row of strong hairs, directed forwards along each margin. Nostrils basal, 

 large, partly closed by a membrane, and partly covered by the feathers of the 



