. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . GOATSUCKERS, SWIFTS, AND HUMMINGBIRDS. Order XVI. MACROCHIRES. GOATSUCKERS, Family CAPRIMULGIDAE. Goatsuckers are long winged birds, with small bills, but with an extraordin-arily large mouth, the opening of which extends beneath and beyond the are chiefly dusk or night fliers, their food consisting of insects whichthey catch on the wing. Their plumage is mottled black, brownish and white,resembling the ground upon which they lay th
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . GOATSUCKERS, SWIFTS, AND HUMMINGBIRDS. Order XVI. MACROCHIRES. GOATSUCKERS, Family CAPRIMULGIDAE. Goatsuckers are long winged birds, with small bills, but with an extraordin-arily large mouth, the opening of which extends beneath and beyond the are chiefly dusk or night fliers, their food consisting of insects whichthey catch on the wing. Their plumage is mottled black, brownish and white,resembling the ground upon which they lay their eggs. 262 416. GOATSUCKERS AND carolinensis. Range.—South Atlantic and Gulf State .breeding north to Virginia and Indiana, andwest to Arkansas and eastern Texas. These birds are abundant summer residenlin the southern portions of their range, bul a
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