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and figured it *. Dr. Linnceus calls it a 

 variety of the Caprimulgus Europceus, or 

 Goat-fucker: its fhape, colour, fize, and 

 other qualities, make it difficult to diftin- 

 guifh them from each other. But the pe- 

 culiar note of the American one diftin- 

 guifhes it from the European one, and from 

 all other birds : it is not found here during 

 winter, but returns with the beginning of 

 fummer. I heard it to-day, for the firft 

 time, and many other people faid, that 

 they had not heard it before this fummer ; 

 its Englijlo and Swedifi name is taken from 

 its note j but, accurately ipeaking, it does 

 not call Whipperiwill, nor Whip-poor-will, 

 but rather Whipperiwhip, fo that the firft 

 and laft fyllables are accented, and the in- 

 termediate ones but flightly pronounced. 

 The Englijh change the call of this bird 

 into Whip-poor-will, that it may have fome 

 kind of fignification : it is neither heard 

 nor feen in day-time ; but foon after fun- 

 fet it begins to call, and continues for a 

 good while, as the cuckow does in Europe. 

 After it has continued calling in a place 

 for fome time, it removes to another, and 

 begins again : it commonly comes feveral 



times 



* Caprimulgus minor Amerieanus. Catejb. Nat. Hift. of 

 Carolina, Vol. Hi. t. 1 6. Edwards's Nat. Hill, of Birds, 



i. 63. 



