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which, if they were allowed to remain, 

 would kill the tree. The whole head and 

 upper breast of this splendid bird are 

 crimson; the upper part of the back, the 

 wings and tail are black, while the 

 lower back, the belly and a wide band 

 across the wing are white. The young 

 birds are gray and white, streaked with 

 brown. 



Many people think that the Whip- 

 poor-will and Nighthawk are the same 

 bird, but they are not, which one will 

 readily see by carefully looking at them. 

 The Nighthawk is gray, whereas the 

 Whip-poor-will is brown. On the mid- 

 dle of the wing of the Nighthawk is a 

 large patch of white, which mark is 

 absent on the Whip-poor-will. The 

 Whip-poor-will is strictly nocturnal, 

 rarely coming out in the daylight. I 

 have been fortunate enough to see them 

 at dusk. Whip-poor-wills utter their 



