


EUS 
BRS S 
(ie be NLG HT -AR. 
(Caprimulous Europes * 
THE bill is flat, and furnished with several strong 
bristlesvon each side of the upper mandible. The 
general plumage is mottled with orey. and various 
hues of brown, mixed with white and black. Length, 
ten inches; width, twenty-two inches. Eggs dull 
white, beautifully marbled with brown. 
This bird has several names: “ Goatsucker,” “ Dor 
Hawk,” and “Fern Owl.” The first of the three last 
mentioned is derived from a fabulous habit ascribed 
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