BIRD LIFE IN WASHINGTON 
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lows, lie helps to sweep the sky, and the 
sky’s dirt is his dinner. 
He is accustomed to being misunder¬ 
stood. He belongs to the Goatsuckers. 
Long ago people believed that this family 
of mysterious birds sucked the goats. 
Have you not heard his boom high up 
overhead on a warm summer evening? He 
makes a curved dash down and then up 
and scoops up a mouthful of insects. 
The white spots on his wings, which 
look like holes, and his mysterious boom- 
ing noise, make him an attractive object 
in the evening sky. 
Night Hawk does not take the trouble 
to build any nest. The eggs are laid late 
in July when the weather is warm and 
dry. The flat roof of a house, a ledge of 
Photo’by the Author 
NEST OF THE PACIFIC NIGHT HAWK 
