ITS BIKDS OF ALABAMA 



winter resident all over the State, being apparently more 

 numerous at that season than the resident form (auratus). 

 A breeding specimen has been examined from Elkmont, Lime- 

 stone County; and wintering individuals from the following 

 localities: Castleberry, October 10, 1908; Autaugaville, No- 

 vember 12, 1911 ; Jackson, February 21, 1912 ; Dothan, March 

 13, 1912; Tensaw River (near Hurricane), March 20, 1912; 

 Greensboro, January 22, 1890, and March 24, 1891, Two 

 specimens taken at Leighton, March 30, and April 1, 1912, and 

 two from Woodville, March 10, 1915, are referable to this form 

 and may have been either migrants or resident birds. 



According to McCormack, migrants arrive at Leighton from 

 the north during the third week of September and leave dur- 

 ing the first week of April. 



NIGHTHAWKS, WHIP-POOR-WILLS, ETC.: Family Caprimulgidae. 



CHUCK- WILL'S-WIDOW; "DUTCH WHIP-POOR-WILL": 

 Antrostomus carolinensis (Gmelin). 



State records. — The chuck- will's-widow (PI. V), universally 

 but incorrectly called "whip-poor-will" in the South, is a com- 

 mon and generally distributed summer resident. It breeds 

 nearly throughout the State, but is less common in the moun- 

 tainous parts, where it occurs in the same localities with the 

 true whip-poor-will (Setochalds voeifera). It is known to 

 occur in the breeding season at Castleberry, AibbeVille, Bayou 

 Labatre, Wilsonville, Squaw Shoals, Guntersville, Logan, 

 Natural Bridge, Leighton, and Sand Mountain (Jackson 

 Couiity). At the last mentioned place it is rare, its place 

 being largely taken by the whip-poor-will. 



The first migrants in spring appear during the early part 

 of April, having been noted at Barachias, April 3 (1909),. and 

 April 6 (1908) ; Greensboro, April 5 (1888) ; Woodbine, April 

 9 (1908) ; Autaugaville, April 10 (1913) ; Rendalia, April 15 

 (1894) ; and Sand Mountain (near Carpenter), May 3 (1914). 

 Eggs have been found at Autaugaville, May 9; Prattville, 

 May 15; Woodbine, May 24; and Greensboro, May 5 and 

 June 11. 



