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NIGHT-HAWK (tachmâs).—An unclean bird (Lev_11:16, Deu_14:16). What the tackmâs really was is merely a matter of speculation. A species of owl, the ostrich, and even the cuckoo, have all been suggested, but without any convincing reasons. ‘Night-hawk’ is merely another name for the familiar night-jar or goat-sucker (Caprimulgus), of which three species are known in Palestine.
E. W. G. Masterman.