!errat<^d. Thc^ |fene?al colour ©f the. f^mal^ is like the male^ 

 but the male has an oval white fpot on the two outfide tail 

 feathers. 



The Goatfucker arrives in this country early in May, 

 and remains through the fummer, leaving us towards the end 

 M Segtei?iber b^ginning^ of .(paober ; it %ys, on tlve grourid 

 >^itjljpu,t ai?y appearance o| ne#, two oblong^oval eggs (larger 

 than thofe of a blackbird) moft b.ea_utifully varied with light 

 and dark brown, interfperfed with aih, colour, not greatly unw 

 like the elegant markings of the bird ; the eggs ar6 frequently 

 placed on a decayed plant of fern. While incubating, the 

 male is very attentive to his mate, bringing her infers and 

 keeping watch in cafe of danger 5 but we never obferved it 

 take to the eggs during the abfence of the female. 



During the day, it reforts tp Ipyv; woods and coppices^ 

 ^hpr§ it t;em^ins titV thf dufl^ of evening, when it goes in 

 queft of .food, which confift of beetles, moths, and other 

 inf^as,.* particularly the chaffer, thefe it does^ not fwallow 

 immediately, but after it has -colleaed a quantity in- its 

 moutK it Eerires to devour them, firft difgorging and then 

 fwallowing them ' fingly. Whilil: flying it utters a fhrill 

 fc[_ueak, and often ftrikes its" wings • together, which make a 

 fmart' fnapping noifc V this is ufually made when alarmed ; 

 in perching it does not place itfelf acrofs a branch, but refts 

 its whole body along the. tree, \g)i<^h makes it very difficult to 

 find, wliere.it utters a loud ,noife, refqmbling the. brifk tunn- 

 ing of a fpinning-wheel ;^ if^ ranged in the day-time it flies badly 

 and frequently ftuns itfelf aganift trees, but In the evening and 

 in .moonlight nights it fports on wjng. ii| t|ie^^me^ipjin|r anci 



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