WHIP-POOR-WILL. 
417. Antrostomus vociferus. 9%4 inches. 
Male with broad white tips to outer tail feathers; 
female with narrow buffy tips. ‘These birds are often 
confounded with the Nighthawk, but are very easily 
distinguished by the long bristles from base of bill, the 
black chin, the chestnut and black barred wing feathers 
and the rounded tail. Whip-poor-wills are more noc- 
turnal than Nighthawks and on moonlight nights con- 
tinue the whistled repetition of their name throughout 
the night. They capture and devour a great many of 
the large-bodied moths that are found in the woods, but 
are never seen flying over cities like Nighthawks. 
Note.—An emphatically whistled repetition of ‘“whip- 
poor-will,” “whip-poor-will.” 
Nest.—In June they lay two grayish or creamy white 
eggs (1.15 x .85), mottled with pale brown, gray and 
lilac. These are deposited on the ground in woods. 
Range.—East of the Plains, breeding from the Gulf 
to Manitoba and New Brunswick. Winters south of the 
United States. 
