. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . gs, which are generally two,in a bare place either exposed or in the shelter of trees. Speciesof this genus occur in most parts of the globe, but are not nume-rous. In Britain there is only one, which departs in autumn,to return in the beginning of summer. These birds exhibit a strong afiinity to the Swallows on theone hand, and to the Owls on
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . gs, which are generally two,in a bare place either exposed or in the shelter of trees. Speciesof this genus occur in most parts of the globe, but are not nume-rous. In Britain there is only one, which departs in autumn,to return in the beginning of summer. These birds exhibit a strong afiinity to the Swallows on theone hand, and to the Owls on the other. They resemble the 632 CAPRIMULGUS, GOATSUCKER. former in their small bill, wide mouth, and copious viscid sali-vary fluid ; in their long wings, and diminutive feet; and intheir flight, mode of seizing their prey, and migratory affinity to the Owls is manifested by their very large eyesand ears, adapted to their nocturnal flight, which is like theirs,noiseless and stealthy; in the softness and minute and intricatemarking of their feathers, and in the structure and proportionsof their digestive organs. The foot is represented by the accompanying figure, inwhich the claw of the middle toe is seen to be curiously Fig. 273. 633 CAPRIMULGUS EUROP^US. TJIE EUROPEANGOATSUCKER, OR NIGHTJAR. FERN OWL. CHURN OWL. JAR OWL. DOR HAWK. NIGHT CHURR.
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