WOODLAND BIRDS, 



27 



No. 27. 



NIGHT HAWK. 



Species: C. virginianus. 



Genus: Chordeiles. 

 Distribution : 



A local, common summer resident of New England. 

 Date of Arrival: May first. 

 Date of Departure: Late September. 

 General Plumage: 



Mottled, general effect brown, white markings on wings and 



tail. Male has a white and female a reddish'patch onWoat. 



Bill black, feet dark. Length about 10.00. 



Song and Other Notes: 



A curious grating squeak and a '' booming " sound as they 

 fly upwards after a crazy, downward plunge. 



Haunts : 



Generally seen on the wing flying about over the roofs of oui 

 cities and towns, or the farming lands. 



