568 NOCTURNAL GOAT-SUCKER. Class II. 



to any little building it chances to alight on, and 

 emit this species of note : the other is a sharp 

 squeak, which it repeats often ; this seems a note 

 of love, as it is observed to reiterate it when in 

 pursuit of the female among the trees. It lays 

 its eggs on the bare ground ; usually two : they 

 are of a long form, of a whitish hue, prettily 

 marbled with reddish brown. 

 Descrip- The weight of this bird is two ounces and a 

 half; its length ten mches and a half; the extent 

 twenty-two. The bill is very short ; the mouth 

 vast; the irides hazel. The plumage a beautiful 

 mixture of black, white, ash color, and ferrugi- 

 nous, disposed in lines, bars, and spots. The 

 male is distinguished from the female by a great 

 oval white spot near the end of the three first quil 

 feathers, and another on the outmost feathers of 

 the tail ; the plumage is also more ferruginous. 

 The legs are short, scaly, and feathered below 

 the knee ; the middle toe connected to those 

 on each side by a small membrane, as far as the 

 first joint; the claw of the middle toe thin^ 

 broad, serrated. 



END OF THE FIRST VOLUME. 



Priiiied by S. HamiUorij WeybricigT 



