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twenty-five feet of the first set, and exactly a year to the 
day between sets. From the time of their arrival until 
departure, the last weck in October, their ery of “Chuck- 
will’s-widow” vibrates and echoes through the woods, to be 
answered by another in some distant woods, the call or note 
generally being repeated tiiec in succession, On extra 
warm moonlight nights I have often heard them keep up 
their call until the break of day, something unusual with 
other nocturnal birds. They construet no nest; the eggs, 
two in number, being deposited on the dry leaves or pine 
needles on the ground. Fresh eges May 23rd, a glossy, 
creamy white, thickly clouded with patches and blotches 
of dark gray, and lighter shades of lilac. Size, 1.40x1.00. 
August 24th is the latest date on which I have heard them 
call before migrating southward, their migration flights 
being made at night. Their food consists of a large 
variety of winged beetles, moths, ants, and insects which 
fly by night, at which time they procure all their food. 
Only one brood a season. 
[417]. Antrostomus vociferus vociferus (Wilson). 
Whip-poor-will, 
Raner.—Eastern North America. Breeds from Mani- 
toba, southern Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia 
south to northern parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and 
Georgia, and from eastern North Dakota, Nebraska, and 
Kansas eastward; winters from the lowlands of South 
Carolina and the southern parts of the Gulf States to 
British Honduras and Salvador. 
Like the preceding species, the bird derives its vernacu- 
Jar name from its call note or song. In the summer, as 
