24 HOW TO NAME THE BIRDS 



10. BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. 



Brownish-gray White. 



II-I2. See 45, 



11. YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. 



Brownish-gray White. 



II-I2. See 98. 



12. WHIPPOORWILL. 



Mottled with various quiet colors. 



(^Yz. Prevailing tone, grayish-brown, from mingling of 



black, gray, and reddish-brown ; end of outer tail-feathers, 



white ; tail, rounded j throat, white ; ? has throat and tips 



of tail-feathers tawny. 



No nest ; about June ist 2 eggs are laid on ground or in a depres- 

 sion, creamy, spotted variously ; a nocturnal species. 



13. NIGHT-HAWK. 



Mottled with various quiet colors. 



9. General appearance same as of whippoorwill ; white 



patch on wing ; tail, emarginate and white-spotted. 



No nest ; about June ist 2 eggs are laid on ground, rock, or flat 

 roof, variable in tints and markings ; seen mostly high in air at dusk, 

 early evening, or in cloudy day ; booming sound at dusk in June. 



14. FIELD SPARROW. 



Light brown, dark-streaked Brownish-white. 



5>^. 5^^ TO. 



15. GREAT CAROLINA WREN. 



Reddish-brown Rusty-white. 



S/4-6. Long, prominent, whitish superciliary line ; wings 



and tail, dark-barred. 



A southerly species ; rarely north to Mass. ; " permanent " in Pa. 

 and N. J. ; nest, of various materials, in hole, nook of building, or 

 shrubbery ; eggs, 6-7, white, spotted with various tints. 



