. Our summer migrants. An account of the migratory birds which pass the summer in the British Islands. Birds. THE NIGHTJAR. {Caprimulgiis europcsus.) T N order of date, the Nightjar is one of the -*- latest of the summer birds to arrive, being seldom seen before the beginning of May, al- though, as in the case of other species, one now and then hears of an exceptionally early arrival. In 1872, for example, Mr. Gatcombe informed me that he had seen a Nightjar in the neighbourhood of Plymouth on the 10th of April, at least a month earlier than the usual time of its appearance. By the end of Sep-

. Our summer migrants. An account of the migratory birds which pass the summer in the British Islands. Birds. THE NIGHTJAR. {Caprimulgiis europcsus.) T N order of date, the Nightjar is one of the -*- latest of the summer birds to arrive, being seldom seen before the beginning of May, al- though, as in the case of other species, one now and then hears of an exceptionally early arrival. In 1872, for example, Mr. Gatcombe informed me that he had seen a Nightjar in the neighbourhood of Plymouth on the 10th of April, at least a month earlier than the usual time of its appearance. By the end of Sep- Stock Photo

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. Our summer migrants. An account of the migratory birds which pass the summer in the British Islands. Birds. THE NIGHTJAR. {Caprimulgiis europcsus.) T N order of date, the Nightjar is one of the -*- latest of the summer birds to arrive, being seldom seen before the beginning of May, al- though, as in the case of other species, one now and then hears of an exceptionally early arrival. In 1872, for example, Mr. Gatcombe informed me that he had seen a Nightjar in the neighbourhood of Plymouth on the 10th of April, at least a month earlier than the usual time of its appearance. By the end of Sep- tember, or the first week in October, these birds. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Harting, James Edmund 1841-; Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828. London, S. Sonnenschein & co.

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