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and sprightly notes are heard echoing upon the still 

 air, " ^Vhip-poor-will ! whip-poor-will ! " repeated in 

 rapid succession for some minutes together. Then 

 with a few wild sweeps through the air upon its noise- 

 less wing, in pursuit of its insect prey, it alights per- 

 haps upon the fence or wood-pile, or even upon the 

 roof of the house, and again utters its soft but clear 

 cry with great animation. Those who have listened 

 to the song of this bird, flowing like a liquid stream 

 of melody, can alone judge of the soothing and 

 quieting influence which it possesses. 



Chuck-wills-widow. 



The habits of the Chuck-wills-widow are very sim- 

 ilar to those of the Whip-poor-will, and are equally 

 interesting. In the pine forests of South Carolina it 



