﻿GOATSUCKER. 



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firft a large white fpot ; the fecond quill the longeft '. tail grey, 

 four inches in length, crofled with dufky bands and lines : legs 

 brown : claws black ; the middle one ferrated. 



This inhabits Virginia and Carolina, and, like the reft, appears 

 only in the evening, or when the Iky, being obfcured with 

 clouds, betokens rain : hence the name of Rain- bird has been 

 given to it. It is faid to lay the eggs on the ground,, and that 

 they are not unlike thofe of the Lapwing. 



Place and 



Manners- 



Caprimulgus Europseus, Lin. Syft. i. p. 346. — Seep. ann. i. N° 254. — S» 



Kram. el. p. 281 *.—Mulkr, p. 34. N° 291.— Georgi Reife, p. 17$.— +" EUROPEAN 

 Frifch. t. 1 of. 



Tette-chevre, ou Crapaud volant, Brif. orn. ii. p. 470. N° 1 . pi. 44. 



L'Engoulevent, Buf. oif. vi. p. 512. 



Capriraulgus, Fern-owl, Churn-owl, or Goatfucker, Rait Syn. p. 26.— 

 Will. orn. p. 107. — Albin. pi. 10. — Borl. Hijl. Corniu. pi. 24. f. 13. 



Dorr Hawk, Night Jarr, or Night Hawk, Charlet. ex. 71. N° 8. 



Modturnal Goatfucker, Br. Zool. N° 172.pl. 172. — Artl. Zeal. 

 Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



HP HE length of this bird is ten inches and a half: weight Description. 



two ounces and a half. The bill very fhort; gape wide : 

 the plumage can fcarce be well defcribed; the ground-colour is 

 almoft black, but moft beautifully diverfified with cinereous, 

 •dark brown, ferruginous, and white, in various manners : the tail 

 is four inches long : the legs are fhort, feathered much below 

 the knee, and appear rough or fcaly : the toes connected toge- 

 ther on each fide by a flight membrane •, the middle claw fer- 

 rated. 



* He calls it, Hirnndo cauda integra, ore fetis ciliato, after the firft edition 

 of the Fauna Suecica. 



Vol. II, 4 G The 



