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NIGHTJAR. 
GOATSUCKER. DOR-HAWK. NIGHT-HAWK. FERN-OWL. 
WHEEL-BIRD. EUROPEAN GOATSUCKER. 
NOCTURNAL GOATSUCKER. CHURN-OWL. JAR-OWL. 
PUCKERIDGE. 
ADERYN Y DROELL, AND RHODWR, OF THE ANCIENT 
BRITISH. . 
PLATE LVIII. 
Caprimulgus Europeus, . ; . Pennant. Monrtacv. 
Caprimulgus punctatus, 5 5 Meyer. 
Nyctichelidon Europeus, . : . RENNIE. 
In the middle or the end of May, nidification, so 
to speak where no nest is found, commences. 
The nest, if a few chance leaves in a hollow of the 
ground are to be called such, is found in the open 
rides and walks in woods, as also in their bordering 
neighbourhood, in moors and barren places, among 
heath, grass, or fern, from the latter of which one of 
its secondary names is derived. It is frequently placed 
at the foot of a tree or a bush. 
The eggs are generally two in number, but three 
have been known in two instances: in one by Mr. 
Eddison, and in the other by the Rev. J. Pemberton 
Bartlett, namely, in the latter case, two young birds 
and an egg. They are very beautiful, and of nearly 
