2 4 6 GOATSUCKER. Clafs II. 



For thefe, and feveral other obfervations, we owe 

 our acknowlegements to the reverend Mr. White, of 

 Selborne, Hampjhire. 



V. The GOATSUCKER. 



Lin* 



Covaterra. Zinan. 94. 

 Caprimulgus europaeus. 



■fyfi- 346- 



Natfkrafva, Natfkr*rra, Quail* 



knarren. Faun. Suec.fp. 274. 

 Hirundo Cauda asquabili. H. 



caprimulga. Klein hiji. a<v. 



8 1 . fig. 1 . 

 Nat Ravn, Nat-Skade, Aften- 



Bakke. Br. 293. 

 Muckenftecher,Nachtrabl./sTr««. 



381. 

 Br. Zoo/. 97. plate R. R. i. 



L'Effraye ou Frefaye. Belon av. 



3*3*- 

 Caprimulgus ( GeifTmelcher ) 



Gefner av. 24 1. 



Calcabotto. Aldr. av. \. 288. 



Fern Owl, Goat Owl, or Goat- 

 fucker. Wil.orn. 107. 



Cat. Carol, i. 8. 



Raiifjn. av. 26. 



Dorrhawk, accipiter cantharo- 

 phagus. Charlton ex. 79. 



Le Tette chevre ou Crapaud 

 volant. B>iJ'on av. ii. 470. 

 tab. 44. 



~fc? LE IN, with much propriety, hath placed this 

 •*■*■ bird in the fwallow tribe ; and ftyles it a /wallow 

 with an undivided tail. It has mod. of the characters 

 of this genus, fuch as a very fmall bill, vaft mouth, 

 and fmall legs. It is alio a bird of paffage, agrees in 

 its food with this genus, and its manner of taking it, 

 and differs only in the hours of its preying ; this 

 f])inrrby night: fo with juftice it may be ftyled a 

 wRurnal [wallow. It feeds on moths, gnats, and 

 dorrs, or chaffers •, from whence Charlton calls it the 

 Dorr hawk. The goatfucker makes but a fhort flay 

 with us; not appearing here till the latter end of 

 May, and retiring about the middle of Augujt. It is 

 common in the wooded and mountanous parts of 

 Great-Britain ; begins its flight towards evening -, 

 and while on wing makes a loud and fmgular noife, 



* BJons figure p. 34-?. fuits our white owl, but his dtfcription 

 p. 344., agrees with the goatfucker. 



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