A Doorstep Singer 



length, from the tip of the bill to the tip of 

 the tail, was ten inches, and its wing-spread 

 was a trifle less than thirteen inches. 



The whip-poor-will is so retiring in its 

 habits, and so seldom seen by day, that very 

 little is known about its ways, even by the 

 most experienced naturalists. If any one 

 who reads this chapter has a chance to ob- 

 serve this mysterious bird, and will note its 

 actions, he may be sure that the information 

 thus gained will be welcome to any editor 

 or any writer upon natural history. The 

 chapters devoted to the whip-poor-will, in 

 either popular or scientific bird-literature, 

 are still rather meager. 



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