XhJHTIlAWKs. WHIP P'H.R WILLS, KTC. 237 



tied with black, ochraeeous, and cream buff; an itn{>crfvot whiliidi band 

 acroM the up|>ur breast; base uf the bill U'set with long, stiffened bristles, 

 the banal half of UICM bristles grown with hairlik* branclut. Ad. 9 . Similar, 

 but with no white patches in tin- lull, the upj>cr breast with an ochraceous- 

 buff instead of white ban- 1. 1. < . H-50 ; T., C-00 ; B., -40. 



Ka<j*. Ewtern United State* ; breeds from North Carolina and Illinois 

 southward; winters from our southern borders southward; accidental in 



MsSBachuitettft. 



Cambridge, A. V., one record, Deo. 



Egg^ two, laid on the ffruund or leaves, in woods or thickets, dull white, 

 with delicate, obscure pale lilac markings J ft ' w distinct brownish-gray 

 spotit, 1-40 x -98. 



Generally speaking, this species resembles the Whij>-|>oor-will in 

 habits. Its notes are quite similar to those of thai ut are 



louder. le>s rapidly uttered, aid i-ach call has an additional syllable. 

 Its gape is enormous, tin- \vi.l.-..|..-ii mouth of an adult measuring 

 about two inches from corner to corner. Fr this reason it can swal- 

 low large obji-t-ts with ra><\ ami Ixith llunimin^birds and Sorrows 

 hare been found in Chuck-will's- widow's stomach. Perhaps they were 

 mistaken for large mot Its. 



417. Antrostomus vociferua II // . WIIII--P.H.K-WII.U .1-1. s. 

 l|>|H-r |>urtit Htn-ukcd with Um-k, the head fim-ly mottled with black and 

 whit., the I'uek ini'ttlril with (x-hruceous-hutl and Muck; primaries l>luek, 

 with broken rufous bare; tail irregularly burred with bluek and inottl<-<l with 

 wbitiith or cream- bull"; end bull' of three outer feathers white ; black on the 

 outer vane of the outer feather extending further down thun on the othertt; 

 throat and breast blackish, finely mottled with eream-l>utl or ochraceous-bun"; 

 a narrow white band across the UJ>JHT l-re;i>t ; belly ereum- buff, irregularly 

 barred with blackish; base of the bill beset with ltnr, Mitlened bristles, 

 which are without hairlike brtmehes. .{-I. 9 . Similar, but three outer tail- 

 feathers narrowly tij-j^-d with ochraceous-butl"; baml on the throat creain- 

 butr instead of white. L., 9-75 ; W., 6-08 ; T., 4 65 ; I : 



Kanyt. Eastern North Amerieu, imrth t. New Brunswick and Manitoba; 

 winters from Florida southward. 



Wanhinifton. eonunon S. II.. A|-l. \'> to Oct. Sinu Sim;, cominon v K . 



A pi. 19 to Uet. 17. Catnbri.lire, ion S. K., A|-l. -'< to Sept. 20. 



. laid on the ground or leaves, in WIMM!S or thickets ; dull white, 

 with delicate, obscure lilac markings and a few di-tiu.-t lirounish gray spots, 

 84. 



In walking through rather densely grown wooN I have sometimes 

 been surprised by having a Whip-|*>>r-will fly up from beneath my 

 feet ami disappear in the surrounding growth. I say surprised, be- 

 cause the bird's flight is as noiseless as a moth's, ami thU unusual, 

 ghostly silence is almost as startling as the irhir of a GnuiM'. 



The Whip-poor-will's day begins when the sun goes down. Then 



