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Rare and irregular visitor, occasionally seen in spring and 

 fall. 



76. Colaptes auratus (Linn.). 



FLICKER. GOLDEN -WINGED WOODPECKER. 

 HIGH-HOLE. 



Above olive-brown banded with black; rump, white; beneath, pale 

 brown spotted with black; nape, red; lining of wings and tall, golden- 

 yellow. Length, 12-13 inches. 



Common summer resident. Earliest arrival, March 15 ; 

 departs in November, Raises 1 brood. Eggs 6-8, white. 

 Nest a hole in a tree. Feeds on insects, berries, etc. Very 

 beneficial. Note, a vociferous calling of two syllables, often 

 repeated; may be written ^'- yuc-ca-yuc-ca-yuc-ca," etc. 



77. Antrostomus vociferus (Wils.). 



WHIPPOORWILL. 



Mottled with black, white, gray and tawny jflrst three pairs of tail feath- 

 ers, white or tawny at tip. Length, 9-10 inches. 



Not uncommon summer resident. Earliest arrival, May 5 ; 

 departs in September. Raises 1 brood. Eggs 2, white, beau- 

 tifully spotted with brown and lavender ; laid on the ground 

 in deep woods, the last of May. Feeds on insects. Very 

 beneficial. Note, the well-known 3-syllabled call, ivJiip-poor- 

 will, often repeated, sometimes in rapid succession for several 

 minutes. 



78. Chordeiles virginianus (Gmel.). 



NIGHT HAWK. 



Above, mottled with black, brown, graj' and tawny; beneath, barred 

 with blackish and white or pale fulvous; throat, with a large white or 

 tawny cross-bar. Length, 9-10 inches. 



