The Night - Hawk
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the owl, the cuckoo and the raven, which the children of Israel were not allowed to eat.
It is somewhat like the owl in its shape, and in its large, full, round eyes. It flies at
evening, and hides itself during the day from the bright light of the sun. It likes to live
in lonely, dark woods, and when it comes out at twilight to get the insects that it lives
upon, you could hardly hear the sound of its wings, it flies so very gently. It has a
very wide, gaping mouth, which helps it to seize upon moths and flies, and its mouth
is bordered with a row of stiff bristles, so that the insects may not escape again after
they have been caught.
The night-hawk belongs to the same family with the whip-poor-will; and, like that
bird, it places its eggs on the ground in the shade of some thicket, with only a layer of
withered leaves under them instead of making a nest.
It is somewhat like the owl in its shape, and in its large, full, round eyes. It flies at
evening, and hides itself during the day from the bright light of the sun. It likes to live
in lonely, dark woods, and when it comes out at twilight to get the insects that it lives
upon, you could hardly hear the sound of its wings, it flies so very gently. It has a
very wide, gaping mouth, which helps it to seize upon moths and flies, and its mouth
is bordered with a row of stiff bristles, so that the insects may not escape again after
they have been caught.
The night-hawk belongs to the same family with the whip-poor-will; and, like that
bird, it places its eggs on the ground in the shade of some thicket, with only a layer of
withered leaves under them instead of making a nest.