WHIP-POOR-WILL. 



417. Antrostomiis vociferus. 9% inches. 



Male with broad white tips to outer tail feathers; 

 female with narrow buffy tips. These birds are often 

 confounded with the Nighthawk, but are very easily 

 distinguished by the long bristles from base of bill, the 

 black chin, the chestnut and black barred wing feathers 

 and the rounded tail. Whip-poor-wills are 'more noc- 

 turnal than Nighthawks and on moonlight nights con- 

 tinue the whistled repetition of their name throughout 

 the night. They capture and devour a great many of 

 the large-bodied moths that are found in the woods, but 

 are never seen flying over cities like Nighthawks. 



Note. An emphatically whistled repetition of "whip- 

 poor-will," ''whip-poor-will." 



Nest. In June they lay two grayish or creamy white 

 eggs (1.15x.85), mottled with pale brown, gray and 

 lilac. These are deposited on the ground in woods. 



Range. East of the Plains, breeding from the Gulf 

 to Manitoba and New Brunswick. Winters south of the 

 United States. 



