Description
Title: Reptiles and birds. A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting.
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Louis Figuier, 1819-1894 Parker Gillmore
Subjects: Birds Reptiles
Date 1873
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Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/reptilesbirdspo00figu/reptilesbirdspo00figu#page/n527/mode/1up
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The European nightjar, Eurasian nightjar or just nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) is a crepuscular and nocturnal bird in the nightjar family that breeds across most of Europe and temperate Asia. The Latin generic name refers to the old myth that the nocturnal nightjar suckled goats, causing them to cease to give milk.