. An illustrated manual of British birds . THE NIGHTJAR. Caprimulgus :us, Linn^us. The Nightjar is the latest of our regular summer migrants in itsarrival, being seldom noticed before the middle of INIay; and itusually leaves us in September, although in the mild south-west ofEngland it has been known to remain until November. Unculti-vated ground more or less covered with ferns, and the cool shadeof woodland glades, are its favourite haunts, and it is consequentlysomewhat local; but it is generally distributed as far as the northernextremity of the mainland of Scotland
. An illustrated manual of British birds . THE NIGHTJAR. Caprimulgus :us, Linn^us. The Nightjar is the latest of our regular summer migrants in itsarrival, being seldom noticed before the middle of INIay; and itusually leaves us in September, although in the mild south-west ofEngland it has been known to remain until November. Unculti-vated ground more or less covered with ferns, and the cool shadeof woodland glades, are its favourite haunts, and it is consequentlysomewhat local; but it is generally distributed as far as the northernextremity of the mainland of Scotland, and also in the westernislands, except the Outer Hebrides, to which, as to the Orkneys andShetlands, it is only a straggler. In Ireland it is rather common insome of the southern and central counties, but less frequent in thenorth and west. The Nightjar sometimes visits the Faeroes, and in Scandinavia ithas been found nesting up to about 63° N. lat. ; but in Russia itsrange is less extensive, while eastward it does not reach beyondIrkutsk in Siberia. T
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