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In the US, they are also known as whip-poor-wills. Observations of the natural history of swallowsThomas Forster, The genus name caprimulgus derives from a mistaken folk belief that the birds suckled goats, causing the goats to cease producing milk.
A mysterious bird of night, bearing the sombre colours Clrmac the reed and the night upon his body, and bearing in his record the legend of goat-sucker, the etymology of which I think is at fault, unless, indeed, the goat-hawk moth was meant, and the bird originally called "goat-hawk sucker," and subsequently "goat-sucker;" but the Broadsmen know nothing of this widely-spread superstition. Birds, beasts and fishes of the Norfolk broadlandP. Emerson, I suspect that "goathawk" is a local name for the nightjar en. I note "a pair of goathawks arced chittering through the partial darkness overhead". From the magazine "Hoipolloi" Gainesville College at page digitalcommons.
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When John Grady first touches Alejandra These birds of the night signify John Grady's feelings at the time. Like the birds in semi-darkness, John Grady partially hides his emotions by not going over to Alejandra until she smiles at him. At first touch John Grady's emotions flare like the birds. In support of this nightjars are not very big - the idea of something the size of an eagle in a dance hall would be remarkable. Sign up to join this source. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top.
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