NIGHT HAWK. 
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not only unjust, but tends to encourage the belief in 
' fable that is totally destitute of all foundation, 
an 1 t * is nine iiicbes and a half in length, 
' twcnty-tliree inches in extent; the upper parts are 
a very deep blackish hnnvn, uninixed on the pri- 
aries, but thickly sprinkled or po\vdere<l on the back 
^capillars and head with innnuierahlo minute spots and 
leaks of a pale cream colour, interspersed with specks 
reddish ; the siaipulars are barred nith the same, 
so the tail-coverts and tail, the inner edges of which 
aio barred with white and deep brownish black for 
• n inch and a half from the tip, whore they are crossed 
nroadly with a band of white, the two'middle ones 
excepc ed winch are idain deep bron n, barred and 
sprinkled with light clay ; a spot of pure white extends 
over the live first primaries, the outer edge of the 
exterior feather excepted, and about the middle of the 
n’ing ; a triangular spot of white also marks the throat, 
bending- up on each side of the neck ; the bill is exceed- 
ing small, scarcely one-eighth of an inch in length, and 
0 a black colour; the nostrils, cireular, and surrounded 
nf a- 
1 o'l"'' ' *1 ‘*1 ’ I'l'ort, feathered a little 
floJi"" ' 1 ' “'id, as well as the toes, of a purplish 
neet- '*7'’’ " 'tl' "'I'ito; tbe middle claw is 
fVin '7 i"' c*' inner edge, to serve as a comb to clear 
1 .^, 1 Termiii ; the whole lower parts of the 
voi/ "7*' transverse lines of dusky and 
. on isli. The tail is somewhat shorter than the 
ngs when shut, is handsomely forked, and consists 
the mouth is extremely large, 
hri'oH*^ a reddish flesh colour within; there are no 
atto fi'® bill; the tongue is very small, and 
atta^ed to the inner surface of the month. 
and measures about nine inches in length, 
band " *^'7'*'"-° '•'■•■adth; differs iii having no white 
. 71 f“‘*. but lias the spot of vvliite on the wing ; 
of -.. n- 1*^ “I'ot of white on the throat, instead 
eroon '*^*1 * '®®® is a dully dctiiied mark of a reddish 
colour ; the wings are nearly black, all the quills 
