NIOTITIIAWKS, WHIP-POOR-WILLS, ETC. 



2;i7 



tied with hliick, oehriiceous, niul cnum-luitl'; iin iiiiixTfeet wliitinh huiul 

 ucro.ss tlic u|>|irr lnva^t ; luisc ot' the liill luMt willi loti;,', utillciii'il hriotlfs, 

 till' lia>al liall'iil'tln'M' lii'i^tlcs Lrri'wii with /t'///7//i liiii/n/nK. Ail. v .- Similar, 

 but willi riD wliiti' fiati'in'.H in tin.' tail, tlu' iipiur liri'ast with an in-linioi'iiUH- 

 butl'iiistfud of whltu Vmiul. L., I-J-iki; W., s-rni; 'l'., hmki ; 15.. •40. 



liamje. — Ka>ti'rii United Stati's; lirnil.H frnin Nurtli t'amlina ami IllinnlH 

 Boiitliward ; wiuturs I'roin our southfru borders soutiiward; aceidiiital in 

 M ansae husetts. 



("aiiil>ridi,'e, A. V., one record, Dec. 



h'ljijx, two, laid on the ^'round or leaves, in woods or thickets, dull wliitc, 

 with delicate, obscure palu liluc markin;,'s, and a lew di.-'tinet l>rowni.sh-gray 

 Bpots, 1-40 X -ys. 



(Jencrally spoakin^, this species resembles the Wliip-poor-will in 

 hiibits. Its notes iire <niit(> sitnihir to those of that species, but are 

 louder, less rajiidly uttered, and each call has an atldilional syllable. 

 Its j;ape is enormous, the wide-open mouth of an adult measuring 

 about two inches from corner to corner. lAir tins reason it can swal- 

 low larj^e objects with ease, and both llunimin^'birds an<l S|iarrows 

 have been found in Chuck-wiirs-widinv's stomach. Perliaj).s tliey were 

 mistaken for large moths. 



417. Antrostomus vociferus ( Wih.). VVnii'-r-txiu-wii.i.. .1-/. <j. 

 — Upjicr parts stri'aki'd with black, the IikuI finely mottled with black autl 

 wbitc, tlu! back mottled with t.ichraccous-bwll and black ; ]iriiiiarics black, 

 with broken rufous bars; tail irrcyjularly barrccl with black and mottled with 

 whitish or cream-butf; end ludf of three outer feathers white ; black on the 

 outer vane of the outer feather extciitliiii.' farther down tlian on the others; 

 throat and breast bUickisli, finely niottleil with cream-bull or ochraceous-buff ; 

 a narrow white band across the upper breast; belly cream-butf, irre^rularly 

 barred with bbickisli; base of the bill l)eset with lonir, stitlencd bristli'S, 

 wliicli are irithout hairlikc branches. Ail. 9. — Similar, but three outer tail- 

 feathers narrowly tip|icd with ochraceous-butf ; band on the throat cream- 

 butf instead of white. L., 5c7r. ; W., il-Os ; T., 4 tir, ; I?., •;!:. 



AVfWf/,'.- -Eastern North America, north to New Brunswick and .Manitoba; 

 winters from Florida southward. 



Washin^'ton, conuiion S. H.. Apl. 1.") to Oct. Siiis.' SitiL'. common S. K., 

 Apl. 10 to Oct. 17. ("ambridirc, comnKiti S. U.. .\pl. -js to Sept. 'Jo. 



luj'jx, two, laid on the iri'iMiiid or leaves, in woods or thickets ; dull white, 

 with delicate, obscure lilac markinirs and a few distinct brownish ^'ray sp(jts, 

 1-18 X •84. 



In walking through rather densely grown woods I have sometitnos 

 been surprised by having a Whip-poor-will lly up from lieiiealh my 

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

 cause the bird's flight is as noiseless as a moth's, and this unusual, 

 ghostly silence is almost as startling as the whir of a Orouse. 



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



