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d, that fhe very — contrives to 
) :.. eee a tree, in full leaf, pcan 
: ed times fuccefively, ina rapid and irieeees 
I manner, fometimes darting inftantly down, as 
¢ to feize their prey; at other times rifing as 
aneoufly, probably in chace of thofe infes 
Nch are. fluttering there. La a 
the Goatfuckers wing their Richt with great: 
ity, and with their beaks open, they make a 
hitring noife, which has been compared to that 
fpinning wheel, from which they! have been 
Wheel-birds, ee 
ey feldom pereh, but: when they do, it is 
a ways: on the branch, 
£ EUROPEAN GOATSUCKER. 
plumage is very fingular, and not eafily defcribed : 
Found colour is almoft black, Meee 1S fe like the 

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