Whip-poor-will 1 1 5 



day. I have observed Nighthawks over Philadelphia, Boston, 

 New York and several other cities of the East, quite as 

 numerously as over Albany. 



The Nighthawk builds no nest, laying its two light-marbled 

 eggs on a flat rock, or graveled roof. 



Whip-POOR-'WILL. — Antostomus vociferus. 9.75 

 Rare Summer Resident 



Field marks. — Shouts its name in the night; narrow white line 

 across upper breast; entire bird looks black; (is really 

 mottled brown) ; form very similar to that of the 

 Nighthawk.i 



The weird cry of the Whip-poor-will is occasionally heard 

 in the wooded parts of Albany County, though it cannot be 

 regarded as common hereabouts. In appearance and structure 

 it closely resembles its near relative the Nighthawk, but 

 its habits are different, preferring the darkest woods for its 

 haunts. In the early evening it will approach the farmhouse, 

 but is never seen near cities. Two eggs are laid among the 

 brown leaves on the ground in woods. 



*If the student wishes to know the comparative study of the skins in some 

 diagnostic features of the Whip- poor- museum. 

 will and Nighthawk he shoidd make a 



