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.
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