THE VIRGINIAN — THE GRAND GOATSUCKER. 313 



Come hither Description ! assist to me sing, 



The birds who this day met their Vulturid King. 



He from high Chimborazo* or Cataracts f came, 

 (Or from that lofty giant envelop'd in flame, 



although the last portion of them relate to the Osprey. See 

 note (1) of the first Part, article Ossifragus. 



The Virginianus, Virginian Goat-sucker, Short-winged 

 Gout-sucker, Night-hawk, and sometimes Whip-poor-will, is brown, 

 transversely varied with grey-brown and a little ash-colour ; 

 beneath reddish-white ; eight inches long; makes a disagreeably 

 loud noise all night long; eggs green, with dusky spots and 

 streaks; inhabits North America. 



The Grandis, or Grand Goat-sucker, is nearly two feet 

 long; the gape of the mouth so large as readily to admit a man's 

 fist ; inhabits Cayenne. 



The Indicus, a small elegant bird, and the Asiaticus, or Bom- 

 bay Goat-sucker, inhabit India. The Nova Hollandice, or 

 Crested Goat-sucker, is found in New Holland ; the Longi- 

 pennis, or Leona Goat-sucker, at Siena Leone. 



The goat-suckers being chiefly American birds, exhibit in 

 that continent, of course, the greatest variety in their manners 

 and notes. Waterton, in his Wanderings, mentions five 

 kinds that have each a peculiar set of notes. One utters, 

 " Who are you, who, who, who are you ;" another, " Work 

 away, work, work away;" another, " Willy come go; another, 

 which is also common to the United States, " Whip poor will, 



* The highest peak of the Andes, and, as far as is hitherto 

 known, the highest mountain in America. 



t The cataracts of the Andes are unrivalled : that of Tequen- 

 dama dashes, at two bounds, down a perpendicular height of 

 six bundled feet, with an astounding roar, into a dark and 

 frightful abyss. The tremendous cataracts of Maypuri and 

 Apurt may also be mentioned. 



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