'The Crested Goatsucker' Finish:Stretched later to become the Salisbury

later to become the Salisbury Hotel

22nd September 1988

North side of the Jerusalem Chamber in Westminster Abbey

and beneath is a view in the tunnel

'The Crested Goatsucker' Finish:Stretched later to become the SalisburyOrnithological study of an Australian Owlet nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) a nocturnal bird native to Australia. Plate 29 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales by John White (J. Debrett, London, 1790). The accompanying text states that: 'The birds of this genus are remarkable for the excessive wideness of the mouth They feed on insects, particularly on beetles.' The plate is inscribed: 'S. Stone Delin. The Crested Goatsucker. London Published