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Whippoorwill. 



Antrostomus vociferns (Wils.). Hu-ip'-o-lis'. 



Mimicry unmistakable. 



Night Hawk. 



Cliordeiles Virginia mis (Gmel.). Pik'-tcis-kwes'. 

 An indelicate though graphic allusion to the peculiar 

 " booming" noise heard at the end of the downward plunge. 

 Related to plktu, piktewn ; also to Nanatniktcus (Spotted 

 Sandpiper). 



Chimney Swift. 



Chaetura pelagica (Linn.). Ped-ag'-l-es'. 

 Thunder-Bird ; from pedagylk, thunder. The reason for 

 this name is apparent to all who have heard the muffled 

 beating of wings in the chimney* of a country house during 

 the night time. Yet some prefer to think that it refers to 

 the appearance of this Swift in increased numbers before a 

 thunder storm. The swallows occasionally have to bear 

 this name. 



Ruby-throated Humming Bird. 



Trochilus colubris Linn. A'-la-mus'-stt. 

 Probably a reference to the whirring sound in flight. 

 Kingbird. 



Tyraiinus tyrannus (Linn.). Mils' -li-djes'. 



Meaning is not clear. 



Canada Jay. 

 Perisoreus canadensis (Linn.). 

 It is not strange that the most characteristic, and one of 

 the quaintest and most interesting, birds of the New Bruns- 

 wick woods should be known by a variety of names, as 

 suits its many-sided nature. The Moose Bird, Gorby, 

 Whiskey Jack, Whiskey John, etc., has scarcely fewer 

 Indian names. 



(i) Mkun-i'-wa -ses' , Bird-that-picks-out-the-meat (?). 

 Related to mkunasu, a picking up. One Indian explained 

 that it "picks out the best part of the meat," hence the 

 name. It is more common than the next one : 



