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the nest. She always lit on the uorth side of the box. No new develop- 

 ments appeared until four days later, on July 11. When I arrived at fif- 

 teen minutes of nine on the following morning, I set ray camera down and 

 wallced boldly up to the nest to inspect. A little noise never scared the 

 old bird. When I got about five feet from the box a bird sprang out, but 

 not the homely little female. This was a Whip-poor-will undoubtedlj', but 

 it had a white ring around its neck and also displayed two dazzling white 

 tail feathers. At last I had found the male brooding. He did not fall at 

 my feet as did the female but flew to a log about thirty feet away, eyed 

 me with evident disapproval, uttered a few protesting chucks and then 

 with a flirt of his white tail feathers vanished among the bushes. I now 

 turned to the nest and to my surprise found only one bird there and that 

 was Whip-poor-will No. 2. It Avas all made plain now. The mother had 

 succeeded in getting the older one to fly over but the younger was not 

 able to do so. Therefore, she had spirited the older away, leaving her 

 mate to brood the younger. I retreated al)oiit thirty feet and sat down to 

 watch developments. In about ten minutes the male Whip-poor-Avill ap- 

 peared, lit on the edge of the box opposite to the side that the female al- 

 ways lit on, sat there two or three minutes and then dropped in. I ap- 

 proached and tried to get a photograph of him but he absolutely refused to 

 sit for me and so I left. I returned twice the next day, July 12, to get a 

 negative, but he was just as wild as ever. When I arrived at the box at 

 8:30 the following morning, July 13, the box was empty; the last bird had 

 flown. Thus is the history of the family for sixteen days, that being the 

 time re(juired for them both to fly. They would have probably remained 

 near the old nest several days longer if they had been undisturbed. 

 [420] (Vionlelli's vi)'(jiukma>< (Gmel. ). Night Hawk. 



Not rare. I saw it tliree times during the summer. 

 [423] CIi;itiii(( pilat/ira (Linn.). Chimney Swift. 

 [428] Tr(ic]iiln>i cohihrls Linn. Ruby-throated Humming bird. 



Rather common. I have been unable to find a nest but have seen this 

 i)ird very often. 

 [444] Tyrannus tijnumns (Linn.). King Bird. 



Very common. One of the liveliest and commonest birds around the 

 lake. 

 [452] Mi/larrhns rrinltus (Linn.). Great Crested Flycatcher. 



Common. 



