Common swift that resemble a crescent or a boomerang. Their call is a loud scream in two different tone pitches, the higher of which issues from the female. They often form 'screaming parties' during summer evenings, when 10–20 swifts will gather in flight around their nesting area, calling out and being answered by nesting swifts. Larger "screaming parties" are formed at higher altitudes, especially late in the breeding season. The purpose of these parties is uncertain, but may include ascending to sleep on the wing, while still breeding adults tend to spend the night in the nest. Swifts may nest in former
Screaming devilkin Screaming devilkin In the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game, the screaming devilkin is a type of fictional monster. The screaming devilkin first appeared in the original first edition "Fiend Folio" (1981), credited to Phillip Masters. A screaming devilkin is a small creature that resembles a mephit in appearance. It is three feet tall, with a long, muscular barbed tail and leathery wings with a 5-foot span. Its legs and arms are disproportionately small and useless for movement or combat. A screaming devilkin always attacks and never willingly breaks off a fight, striking with its cruelly barbed tail. It has