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The Whip-poor-will makes no nest but lays its two faint- 

 ly mottled eggs on dead leaves on the ground in woods, 

 usually where they will be partly concealed by overhanging 

 brush. During daylight they trust to their protective color- 

 ation entirely and it rarely fails them. You can readily 

 judge from the photographs shown how closely they har- 

 monize in color and markings with their surroundings. If 

 one knows the location of a nest and uses due caution in 

 approaching he can nearly always touch them before they 

 will leave. 



The feathers of all birds of this genus are exceedingly 

 soft so that their flight is entirely noiseless. At night they 

 can thread their way in and out through the branches with 

 an ease and grace that is incredible. I believe their sight 

 too, at night, is even keener that that of any of the owls. 



Swallows 



Swallows are the most active, most persistant and most 

 graceful gleaners of the atmosphere. Of the six species 

 found in the eastern states, all except the Bank and the 



Fig. 41. YOUNG BANK SWALLOWS. 



