XXX TAILS AND WINGS AS NUPTIAL LIVERY 385 
when the bird flies. In favourable localities a dozen 
pennant-winged nightjars may be seen in the air 
together ; they then resemble “ tattered pieces of paper 
blown about by the wind.” (Woosnam.) 
The legs of nightjars are so short that the progress of 
these birds along the ground is little more than a 
shuffle. Their feet present other unusual features. The 
fourth or outer toe has only four phalanges instead 
of five and the claw of the middle toe is serrated. 
The long-tailed African dove {(Ena capensis). It is scarcely 
larger than a wagtail and abounds in Eastern Ethiopia. 
Nightjars are said to use this pectinated claw to detach 
the hooked claws and chitinous wings of insects on 
which they feed from the bristle-like feathers which 
fringe their mouths. 
As in the case of other crepuscular birds, nightjars 
are occasionally seen flying at dawn. The scissor-bill, 
from which the drawing on p. 350 was made, ! shot at 
sunrise. 
The tails of birds and beasts are often used by the 
natives for personal adornment and use. Although the 
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