. An illustrated manual of British birds . insects ; the note is describedas feeble ; while all observers agree in eulogizing the unrivalledvigour of the birds flight. Gould remarks that the keel of thebreast in this species is more than ordinarily deep, and that the pec-toral muscles are more developed than in any bird of its weightwith which he was acquainted. The adult has the forehead dull white ; crown, nape and sides ofthe head dusky-black with a greenish gloss; back dusky-brown,paler in the middle; wing-coverts and secondaries bottle-green ;inner secondaries chiefly white on the inner w
. An illustrated manual of British birds . insects ; the note is describedas feeble ; while all observers agree in eulogizing the unrivalledvigour of the birds flight. Gould remarks that the keel of thebreast in this species is more than ordinarily deep, and that the pec-toral muscles are more developed than in any bird of its weightwith which he was acquainted. The adult has the forehead dull white ; crown, nape and sides ofthe head dusky-black with a greenish gloss; back dusky-brown,paler in the middle; wing-coverts and secondaries bottle-green ;inner secondaries chiefly white on the inner webs; primariesblackish; tail-feathers bottle-green with projecting spinous shafts ;throat, breast and under tail-coverts white; belly sooty-brown ;lower flanks white, mixed with glossy blue-black ; bill black ; legsand feet dark brown, with one claw directed backwards, in whiclirespect birds of this genus differ from the true Swifts. Length8-5 ; wing 8-1 in. The vignette below represents the head and foot of the Nightjar,the next
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