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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 JEuropceus, . . . Pennant. Montagu. 

 Caprimulgtis punctatus, . . Meyee. 



Nyctichelidon JEuropoeus, , . . Eennie. 



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 



