goatsucker

• Horsfield's goatsucker is a very vociferous bird. —  A Bird Calendar for Northern India
• We have not seen either that species of goatsucker or nighthawk called the whippoorwill, which is commonly confounded in the United States with the large goatsucker which we observe here; this last prepares no nest but lays its eggs in the open plains; they generally begin to sit on two eggs, and we believe raise only one brood in a season: at the present moment they are just hatching their young Monday, July 1. —  History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6.
• They were the wail of the goatsucker, the bay of the barking wolf, and the maniac scream of the eagle. —  The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico
• In some places they call it the ` goatsucker, 'from a foolish idea that it sucked the milk from the goats, as it is sometimes seen to fly close down to them, and, between the legs of various animals, to capture the flies that infest them in the soft, tender parts of their bodies. —  Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home
• Numerous species of the goatsucker, well known as the bird of night, inhabit the forests of the Amazon as well as the settled districts. —  The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America

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