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Birds of Nortii Carolina 



Range. — Eastern North America, wintering in the extreme southern part of the United States, 

 and southward to Central Atnerifa. 



Range in North Carolina. — -Nearly whole State in summer, but absent or much less common in 

 the eastern section. 



The well known Whip-poor-will reaches uur State about the first part of April 

 or even late in ]\Iarch, but the records seem to show that these birds probably pass 

 on, while the breeding birds arrive some two or three weeks later. These conclu- 

 sions result from a consideration of the fact that the dates of arrival fall largely 

 into two grou]is, one centering about early April, the other about two weeks later. 

 The latest date recorded at lialeigh in fall was November (3, the next latest Octo- 

 ber 10. 



FlU. 155. NlUllTllAWK (Ct'l'KR) ANT) Wll II'-l'OORW II.I, (LOWER), 



This is a nocturnal woodland bird, often heard but seldom seen, which leads to 

 the erroneous idea that the Whi]i-i)oor-will and the "Bullbat" are the same bird. 

 This is not an umiattu-al conclusion, due to the fact that we see the one birtl shortly 

 before sun.set , and hear the other a littli' later. 



The nesting habits of this siiecies are similar to those of the Chuck-will's-widow. 

 The eggs are two in number, and at Baleigh are laid from late \\iv\\ to mid-.Iune. 

 In appearance they are not markedly different from those of the larger bird except 

 in size. They average 1.12 x .88. 



The notes are tiie well known trhip-jMior-irill cry, wliicii when heard close at 

 hand loses most of its resemblance to those words, but consists of tiiree loud swish- 

 ing notes, something like " whish-shoo-whish.'' 



