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GOATSUCKERS AND SWIFTS 

 Chuck-will's-widow. 

 Antrostomus carolinensis. 



Range. — South Atlantic and Gulf State . 

 breeding north to Virginia and Indiana, and 

 west to Arkansas and eastern Texas. 



These birds are abundant summer residenl 

 in the southern portions of their range, bul a 





i Jhuck- will's- widow 



Grayish white 



they are silent and hiding in the woods during 

 the day time, they are not as popularly known 

 as are most birds. They rarely lly during tin- 

 day time unless disturbed from their roosting 

 place which is on the ground under underbrush 

 or in hollow logs. Their noles, which are a rapid and repeatedly uttered whis- 

 tling repetition of their name, are heard until late in the night. They m-st din- 

 ing April, May or June, laying two eggs on the ground amid the leaves in wood 

 or scrubby underbrush. The eggs are grayish to creamy white in color, hand 

 somely marked with shades of lilac, gray and brownish: size L.40 x 1.00. 



H7. Whip-pooh wii.i.. Antrostomus rod ferns vociferus. 



Range. — North America east of the Plains; north to the southern part- of the 

 British possessions; winters along the Gulf coast and southward. 



This species is well known, by sound, in nearly all parts of it- range, but 

 comparatively few ever observed the bird, and probably the greater number 

 mistake the Xighthawk for this species. The two species can readily lie di- 

 tinguished at a distance by the absence of any pronounced white marking in 



tl. ! wings, and by the white tip- to the outer 

 tail feathers in the present species, while the 

 Night Hawk has a prominent white hand across 

 the tail, but the top is Mack, and the tail slight 



ly forked. The Whip-poor-will, rarelj li 



its place of concealment before dark, and is 

 never seen Hying about cities, as are the Night- 

 hawks. In their pursuit 

 of insects, they glide 

 like a shadow over 

 Fields and woods, their 



nit plumage giving 



forth no sound as their 



wings cleave the air. 



I nt ii late ;it night, their 



whistling crj "whip 



poor will." repeated at 



intervals, rings out in all wooded hill) dis 



tricts. Their two eggs are deposited on the 



ground among dead leaves, generall] in dens< 



woods. The; are grayish white or cream color 



marbled with pale brown and gray, with faint 



er markings of lilac Size 1.50 \ .86, 



i 'r.-;i in \ whit. 



Whip | [Will 



