850 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



throat; other under parts with transverse bars of white, blackish and 

 pale-tawny; tail, blackish, with marbled cross bars and a white band 

 across the end. Adult Female. Tail without the white band across 

 the end; the white of the throat replaced by tawny. 



Length, 10.00; wing, 7.30-8.25; tail, 4.30-4.75. 



RANGE. America, from Brazil north to Nova Scotia, Hudson Bay, 

 Keewatin and Mackenzie River (Ft. Good Hope); west to Great Plains 

 and casually to Pacific Coast from California to British Columbia. 

 Breeds from coast of Gulf States northward. Winters south of the 

 United States. 



Night Hawk. 



Eggs, 2; laid on the ground or on flat roof of building; white, 

 cream, olive-buff or olive-gray, marked with black, gray and lavender; 

 1.18 by .86. 



Abundant migrant, most numerous in fall; in northwestern Indiana 

 a common summer resident, locally elsewhere in some numbers. 

 Breeds in suitable localities. In Knox and Hamilton counties a few 

 remain during the breeding season. In Lake County it breeds com- 

 monly. In the following other counties it has been reported to breed: 

 Clinton, Pulaski. 



They arrive later in spring than the "Whip-poor-will," and by most 

 persons are unobserved. The earliest spring arrival for the State is at 

 Bicknell, April 24, 1897, next seen April 30. 



The following records will show its progress, that spring. The 

 second date indicates when it became common, if reported: Carmel, 

 May 22: Edwards. May 2, May 15; Richmond, May 20: North Man- 



