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harsh cry and occasionally, on half-closed wind's, darting' down to 
the earth wdth a booming sound, made, it is claimed, by the rush 
of air through his primary wing feathers. The two eggs of the 
Night Hawk are laid on the ground or in the fields, or even on a 
hat rock, with no semblance of a nest ; occasionally, they are found 
on flat roofs of buildings in cities. The Whippoorwill^ eggs, also 
two in number, are laid on the ground or on a log or stump in the 
woods, likewise protected by no nest. The coloring and mark- 
ings of the two birds also serve to distinguish them. The Whip- 
poorwill’s colors partake of the browns, while the Night Hawk is 
grayish. The tail of the former has the three outer feathers white 
for about two-thirds their length. Further, the end of the tail is 
rounding. The latter-named bird has a conspicuous white patch 
on each wing; its tail is forked- The Wdiippoorwill feeds largely 
on moths and beetles: the Night Hawk on May flies, gnats, dragon 
flies, grasshoppers, etc. 
THE QUAIL. 
Amongst our game birds, the Quail gets most of its grain after 
the crop has been gathered ; it eats insects, some of them very in- 
jurious; large numbers of potato beetles and chinch bugs Iwive 
