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quietude of the vales and forests 

 and the settler's 'u-isii-z from sun- 

 down to early morn. The call of 

 the chuck-will's widow is near 

 related to the song of the whip- 

 poorwill, but by careful listening 

 the difference in the voice is easi- 

 ly discovered. 



During our stay at San Geron- 

 imo and reposing in a hammock 

 under a eevituries-olcl oak tree at 

 the farm, suddenly, toward sun- 

 down, the call of a chuck-will's 



widow bird was heard quite close 

 by in a cedar and hackberry 

 thicket, and one of our outing 

 party proclaimed his delight and 

 listened attentively to the short 

 but very melodious tunes of the 

 bird, but he imagined that it was 

 the call of a whippoorwilL After 

 a liltle while and as the sun dis- 

 appeared beyond the western hills 

 and forest, two other bird voices 

 were heard, one calling and the 

 other as if answering the same 



Forest Scenery and Rivulet Inside Enormous Rock Strata, Near Gallagher's Ranch, at 



THE Logan-Henderson Farm. Fine Deer and Wild Turkey Country in the Olden Days, 



and. the Haunts of the Whip-poor-will and Chuckwills Widow Bird 



tion from night marauding wild 

 animals, including hawks and 

 snakes,' etc., and more watering 

 and feeding places than in the 

 dry, but exceedingly attractive 

 mountain regions. However, 



these as well as all other western 

 mountain regions with the dense 

 forests and sparkling springs are 

 the main haunts of the whippoor- 

 will and the chuck-will's widow 

 bird, and they often enliven the 



call, and I called my friend's at- 

 tention to the difference of these 

 two voices — 



The two calls bt-iii!^ louder and 

 more melodious and it was the 

 song of the whippoorwilL This 

 first mentioned bird is much 

 smaller than the whippoorwill, 

 but belongs to the same class, the 

 so-called "goat-sucker bird," and 

 its plumage resembles somewhat 

 that of the bullbat. In exploring 



