'The Crested Goatsucker' Finish:Stretched View from the south side

View from the south side of the River Thames with rowing boats on the river

later to become the Salisbury Hotel

22nd September 1988

In the centre is Charles Ritchie and

'The Crested Goatsucker' Finish:Stretched View from the south sideOrnithological 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