Alpine Blossoms of tHe Dome 205 



for a look at the L,arge Round-Leaved Orchis, found 

 here in June. I passed through Clintonia Hollow, be- 

 yond the woodchuck's home, where I had observed 

 the Small Round-Leaved Orchis in the little animal's 

 dooryard. There I struck out westward up the hill- 

 side. I frightened up the same mother whippoorwill 

 that I had disturbed earlier in the season. The little 

 birds of the second brood were now large, and com- 

 mencing to feather. They were fluffy, and of a dead- 

 leaf yellowish-brown color. Their large, round, brown 

 eyes were hke small shoe buttons. They began to run 

 about at sight of me. The mother, meanwhile, feigned 

 a broken wing and moaned piteously, with actual tears 

 in her sad eyes. I lifted the downy balls in my hands. 

 They snuggled without fear in my sleeve, and closed 

 their sleepy eyes. Finally I put them on the leaves 

 together, and promised the mother I would not again 

 disturb her. 



We have two species of the Goatsucker Family {Cap- 

 rimulgidcB)^ including the Whippoorwill {Antrostoinus 

 vociferus), and the Southern Whippoorwill, or Chuck- 

 will's-widow {Antrostomus Carolinensis) . The closely 

 allied Night-Hawk, or Bull-Bat {Chordeiles Virgmi- 

 ajius), is often mistaken for the Northern Whippoor- 

 will. Its habits and flight are far different, however, 

 although the homes of both are similarly adopted. 

 The Night-Hawk deposits her two bufi"-green eggs on 

 rocks, bare ground, or on flat roofs, either in country 

 or village. All of these birds winter in the Southern 

 lands, and all save the Chuck-will's- widow arrive here 



