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it ordinarily reaches eastward to the Lake Superior region. We 
have various accounts of its oc¢urrence in Ohio, Illinois, etc., and 
even in Canada (MclIlwraith). In the West, the Eremophila breeds 
anywhere on the plains suited to its wants, much further south 
than on the Atlantic border; thus we have found it in New Mex- 
ico, in June. But the fact that it nests and lays in March, in 
Michigan, may not be generally known. —E. C. i 
Tux Nores or THe WnarroorwiLL. — Several pairs of Whip- 
poorwills nest near my house. One male bird sits night and morn- 
ing on the roof of my front piazza, and, sings there by the half 
hour, or even by the hour together. From windows opening upon 
that roof I observe him at the distance of ten, eight, often of only 
six feet. The same bird, or his ancestor, has occupied the same 
post in summer, morning and evening, for several years. 
I am not aware that any writer ascribes to the Whippoorwill 
more than a single note. Wilson, quoted by Samuels, indeed 
says “ When near, you often hear an introductory cluck between 
the notes.” Besides this “ cluck” which can scarcely be called 4 
note, the Whippoorwill has three distinct notes. There is the 
common, well known note of Whip-poor-will ; heard close by, this 
note is more nearly “ Quipo-o-Will,” —the first and last syllables 
being very quickly and sharply uttered, the last almost like the 
cracking of a whip; while the second syllable is somewhat pro- 
longed. Accompanying or preceding the first syllable is a sound 
like the striking of the bird’s beak upon a board. The negroes 
affirm that the noise is so made; but after pretty careful obser- 
vation, I think they are mistaken. How the sound is made Iam 
not prepared to assert ; possibly it is by the snapping of the beak. 
bas is, I suppose, the “cluck” of Wilson and Samuels. 
yet often uttered also while at rest. It is soft and sweet as possi- 
ble. Besides these, the bird has a low, harsh, discordant note like — 
“ Gor-gor-gor,” or occasionally, “Go-ror, go-ror, go-ror.” T have — 
by. 
with ite head raised as high as possible, and its feathers ruffled 
While singing “ Whip-poor-will” it always lies with its breast fat 
