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BIRDS OF HULL. 
NIGHT HAWK. 
ChORDEILES yillGINIANUS. 
I have seen a few flying around in the eve- 
nings^ never more than two or three at a time. 
Climbing Telegraph Hill, one Sunday with my 
friend Philip, I nearly stepped on one and only 
saw him as he rose from nearly under my feet 
on the grass at the foot of an old fence. As an 
item of historical interest, it may be mentioned 
that there is an old well on the top of this hill 
which, according to tradition, Laffayette dug. or 
planned. 
Head of Bank Swallow. 
