394 CHUCK-WILVS-WIDOW. 



obscured, the brown usually much more distinct." Like the Chuck-will's-widow, this 

 species also carries away its eggs and young in its capacious mouth, when the approach 

 of danger is anticipated' 



With the American people the Whippoorwill, who has also received its common 

 name from its very distinct nocturnal call-note, is a great favorite, a very familiar and 

 popular bird. Its notes, having a wild, romantic, and mysterious touch like its forest 

 haunts, belong to the woodland scenery. In a prairie they would be out of place. That 

 even other birds are inspired by the Whippoorwill's call-note, is proven by the Mocking- 

 bird and Catbird. Both frequently imitate these nocturnal sounds, blending, them so 

 charmingly w^ith their own exquisite song, that the whole forms a striking and unique 

 piece of musical performance. 



Stephen's Whippoorwili;, A. vociferus macromystax A. O. U., inhabits Arizona, 

 New Mexico, and the table lands of Mexico south to Guatemala. 



NAMES: Whippoorwill. 



SCIENTIFIC NAMES: Caprimulgus vociferus Wi\s. (1812). ANTROSTOMUS VOCIFERUS Bonap. (1838). 

 Caprimalgns rirginiatius Yieill. (1807). Caprimulgus clamator Vieill. (1817). 



DESCRIPTION: "Bristles without lateral filaments. Wing about 6.50 inches long. Top of head, ashy- 

 brown, longitudinally streaked with black. Terminal half of the tail-feathers (except the four central), 

 dirty white on both outer and inner webs. 



"Length, 10.00 inches; wing, 6.50; tail, 5.30 inches. Female without white on tail." 



(B. B. & R., II, p. 413.) 



CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW, 



Antrostomus carolitiensis Gould. 



^O THE friend of Nature no other State of our great country affords so many 

 pleasures and displays such a variety of tropical scenery as Florida. Bounded 

 on one side by the Atlantic and on the other by the warm blue waters of the Gulf of 

 Mexico, dotted by an almost countless number of fresh water lakes, traversed by mighty 

 streams, and above all, blessed with a climate unequalled in delight and salubrity by any 

 other, Florida is considered a true paradise of the tourists. The Indian River region with 

 its orange groves, pine-apple fields, charming cocoa-nut plantations, and beautiful gardens 

 is an almost ideal winter home. The flame-tree or royal poinciana, the jacaranda and 

 a host of other strictly tropical plants have made the gardens of Lake Worth famous 

 all over the country. In the region of Miami, in the Everglades around Lake Okee- 

 chobee, and on the Caloosahatchee tropical trees and shrubs abound in a wealth and 

 luxuriance not found anywhere else in this country. The large lakes and the great 

 streams, particularly the St. Johns, Suwanee, Chattahoochee, and Ocklawaha, are 

 bordered by almost impenetrable hammock woods. The innumerable small and large 

 lakes add a special charm to the landscape, as also do the many palmetto groups and 

 broad-leaved evergreen trees, which are often covered from summit to base with pretty 



