420. Chordeiles virginianus 
NIGHTHAWK. 10 inches 
Male. Above dark brown mottled; wzugs and ¢azl with broad 
white band. Below barred brown and buffy. A white band across 
the throat ; wings longer than forked tail. Female. Similar, but 
throat band yellow. 
Perches lengthwise on a limb. Flight 
high and circling, late in the afternoon and 
in the evening in search of food. Common 
in Massachusetts. Arrives second week in 
May. . 
Note. /cenz, uttered on the wing. 
Nest. Ona low flat rock in open fields, 
also on gravel roofs of houses. 
Breeds. Throughout New England. 
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