THE GOATSUCKER FAMILY 157 
When young whip-poor-wills come out of the 
ego, they are dressed in speckled gray down. 
They cuddle down quietly by their mother, and 
the whole family is hard to see. When their 
eyes are shut, they look almost exactly like the 
earth and leaves among which they lie. 
If a whip-poor-wili nest is disturbed, the 
mother will pretend to be badly hurt. She will 
tumble about on the ground and cry like the 
whine of a young puppy, trying to coax away 
the one she fears. If she is too much alarmed, 
she will clasp her young one between her feet 
and fly away with it. 
Instead of the common whip-poor-will of the 
Northern and Middle States, the South has the 
CHUCK-WILL’s-wipow, who is somewhat larger. 
The West has the Poor-witt, or the NuTrauu’s 
WHIP-POOR-WILL, who is rather smaller and 
paler than either. The habits of all are about 
the same. They are called solitary birds. That 
is, they are not found in parties like swallows or 
crows. They do not sing or call when flying. 
These birds are hard to watch because they 
come out in the dark, and can then see so much 
better than we can. So we know little about 
their ways. 
