[JAR sb.1 8.] A local name of the goatsucker or night-jar.
1832–5. Jesse, Gleanings (1843), 297. The caprimulgus is known in different parts of England by the names of the dor-hawk,… jarr-owl, churn-owl,… and night-jarr.
[JAR sb.1 8.] A local name of the goatsucker or night-jar.
1832–5. Jesse, Gleanings (1843), 297. The caprimulgus is known in different parts of England by the names of the dor-hawk,… jarr-owl, churn-owl,… and night-jarr.
