420. Chordeiles virginianus 



NIQHTHAWK. 10 inches 



Male. Above dark brown mottled; wings and tail with broad 

 white band. Below barred brown and buffy. A white band across 

 the throat ; wings longer than forked tail. Female. Similar, but 

 throat band yellow. \ 



Perches lengthwise on a limb. Flight 

 high and circling, late in the afternoon and 

 in the evening in search of food. Common 

 in Massachusetts. Arrives second week in 

 May. 



Note. Peent, uttered on the wing. 

 Nest. On a low flat rock in open fields, 

 also on gravel roofs of houses. 

 Breeds. Throughout New England. 



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