NIGHTHAWK AND EGG. 



like the nighthawk. In all that he is and 

 does, he is a genuine oddity. He has the 

 soft plumage of the owl, the feeble beak and 

 yawning throat of a swift, a mustache of 

 stiff hairs that is all his own, and a pair of 



big white spots underneath each wing by 

 which his friends can always recognize him 

 when in flight. And his habits are quite as 

 odd as his make-up. 



He feeds in the air, by swooping grace- 



SLEEPING. 



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