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ase THE NATURAL, HISTORY 
‘The ins are thor the toes’ united y a menial 
i as. the firlt joint 5 ; the claw of the middle toe in lone f Dee 
eles” lerrated. ) 
ag ik of me genus: bear a fore: rola 4 
to Swallows, as*Owls to the Tapacious birds: 
their habits and manners are very fimilar, but like 
Owls, they take their foodin an evening. 
_ The Goatfucker feeds principally upon gnats, 
| beetles, and moths. He begins his chace when 
the fun is near the horizon ; and if he appear in 
the middle of the day, it is only when the wea | 
ther j is cloudy, his flight then is low, and not long 
continued, becaufe his eyes are unpleafantly ale 
feed with the glare of light. | 
Like .the Swallow tribe, he is - not under af 
neceflity of fnapping his beak every time he gets 
an infect into his mouth, for it is furnithed with _ 
a kind of glue, which a iahates: and retains his 
prey. So ' 
Goatfuckers with us are migratory birds, 
arriving in England i in May, and cara ‘ 
Auguft, | a. 
‘They do not give ae the! trouble of " 
building 2 neft; a little hole upon the gigundy : 
in a ftony place, at the foot of a tree, or ofa 
rock, anfwers their purpofe; there the female lays 
two eggs; fhe fits upon them very affiduoullys 
and 



