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gian bay to Lake Erie in most retired localities. (W.E. Saunders.) 
North to Norway House, foot of Lake Winnipeg. (Dr. R. Beil.) 
A common summer resident in Manitoba, arriving early in May. 
(E. T. Seton.) Very common in thick woods at Manitoba House, 
Manitoba lake, and westward along Lake Winnipegosis, nesting in 
the poplar woods in June, 1881. During the day many specimens 
were seen lying at full length, and perfectly flat, lengthwise on the 
branches. (Macoun.) Has become common at Aweme, Man. in 
recent years, nesting in open woods. (Criddle.) An abundant 
breeder in all the wooded parts of Manitoba but not noted west 
of Fort Ellice. (Atkinson.) Not seen or heard anywhere on the 
prairie. (Spreadborough.) 
BREEDING NoOTES.—Common in central Ontario in rocky uneven 
ground, partially wooded. I-.noticed it in a plantation of small 
oaks near the canal, Wolfe island, opposite Kingston, but it is not 
common in level sections of the country. It arrives earlier in the 
spring than the nighthawk, and I have heard its ‘“‘call’’ as early 
as the end of April, and as late as September. It is nowhere com- 
moner than among the Thousand islands. On some of the larger 
of these it breeds, returning to the same vicinity year after year. 
On one island, among ferns, and second growth trees I came across 
the eggs three times. They are laid in pairs on the bare ground 
without a vestige of nest, generally among trees. I have found 
them on the 9th and 16th of June, but two years ago I saw two eggs 
that were said to have been found on the 8th May. This bird leaves 
Ontario nearly a month later than the nighthawk, at least many do. 
(Rev. C. J. Young.) 
Fifteen years ago this bird could be heard any evening on the 
outskirts of Toronto, but of late years it has become scarce. I 
found a set of two beautiful eggs of this species at Rosedale, Toronto, 
May 24th, 1889. There was no nest and the eggs were laid on dead 
leaves on the ground in a wood. On the evening of June 18th, 
1894, Mr. Menzies drove me from Woodlands, Manitoba, to Shoal 
lake, and we were astonished at the number of whip-poor-wills 
calling in the woods at the sides of the trail. (W. Ravine.) 
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