cnyawn by 



, , 6 -livfe's or 

 ier nights in 

 iratively few 

 Observe. that 

 ^Jiita. bji the 

 and that the 

 feathers .are 

 ^iiiuijiy ,i?rn ;fly- 



iuoui uver uine ur ])*tstiires about 

 HH- XiKlUhaxvks; 'lliov' jiavo forlv- 

 .ijil^ a'jifl- a white 'baruf- across the 

 ifiti of fhO .tail -and win.^ feathers, 

 ilfrinte is a. nifs;il .."peeu.f^ while 

 O>!.tJ;e \Yhip-po< 1 r-Will is a. rapidly 

 stled; many times repeated .repetition 

 thejr.^nainv,, with tfie'_acceht on the 



sts (-ntJrely"of insects 

 in thefr'.'gavi'rnous 

 Ssf -even ^"W.e c ; largest 



ray their two tiftpttled 

 qng the dead leaves in op'en 

 Thdy r are never abroa'd' (lurrnf? 

 unless disturbed froni their 

 'places whiph. ma.y .be >n fog's, 

 on' the sround. 



these Swifts alight in trees, I nave several times seen them 



^Tfeeusonly notes 

 :a^out -tKBough _ the 



iii VTSV jts^eq ni ITTVOTO ';,", ' -5? -';,. 

 NIGHTHAWKS are hawks-^nly'in'the'JseHse.that 'thfey 

 J airi-after tmdtHs^atfd^otlei- '^mged in- 

 J are ts of ten/, confused .-: with. W^hip-poorrwills 

 and .are rarely seen at;any 

 may of ten': be heard. The pres- 

 :ver y: readily "be recognized though,' even at 

 , :-fog the throat is' white/ the 1 wings have ^a 

 -^across ; the" miter "feathexs and 'the -slightly 

 band of white near-: the end. snilo 

 ; seen almost: any summer day towards 

 over: nfieadbws or sweeping over cities gath- 

 -crtMg- thefrr insect^ ^ f ood: They are very- graceful in flight, 

 as "Jnight be " expected 1 - of birds having such long, narrow 

 wings now sweeping downward" in a long curve, then 

 iiig 7 to the heights* 7 again:- "Occasionally one will olive 

 "'almost perpendicularly from a great elevation, the 

 5ai*"-pajsSfngr:thY6ugh:.hi -wing feathers, ^when he checks the 

 ul?n.' upwaTds, making a sfer^nge^ dull booming 

 J. ; ^Daytiini, MinMss it-' be^'cloudy .weather, . when 1 they 



