GOATSUCKERS AND SWIFTS 
41 6. Chuck-will’s-widow. 
Antrostomus caroliv ensis . 
Range. — South Atlantic and Gulf States, 
breeding north to Virginia and Indiana, and 
west to Arkansas and eastern Texas. 
These birds are abundant summer residents 
in the southern portions of their range, but as 
Grayish white 
Chuck- will's- widow 
they are silent and hiding in the woods during 
the day time, they are not as popularly known 
as are most birds. They rarely fly during the 
day time unless disturbed from their roosting 
place which is on the ground under underbrush 
or in hollow logs. Their notes, which are a rapid and repeatedly uttered whis- 
tling repetition of their name, are heard until late in the night. They nest dur- 
ing April, May or June, laying two eggs on the ground amid the leaves in woods 
or scrubby underbrush. The eggs are grayish to creamy white in color, hand- 
somely marked with shades of lilac, gray and brownish; size 1.40 x 1.00. 
417- Whip-poor-will. Antrostomus vociferus vociferus. 
Range. — North America east of the Plains; north to the southern parts of the 
British possessions; winters along the Gulf coast and southward. 
This species is well known, by sound, in nearly all parts of its range, but 
comparatively few ever observed the bird, and probably the greater number 
mistake the Nightliawk for this species. The two species can readily be dis- 
tinguished at a distance by the absence of any pronounced white marking in 
the wings, and by the white tips to the outer 
tail feathers in the present species, while the 
Night Hawk has a prominent white band across 
the tail, but the top is black, and the tail slight- 
ly forked. The Whip-poor-will, rarely leaves 
its place of concealment before dark, and is 
never seen flying about cities, as are the Night- 
hawks. In their pursuit 
of insects, they glide 
like a shadow over 
fields and woods, their 
soft plumage giving 
forth no sound as their 
wings cleave the air. 
Until late at night, their 
whistling cry “whip- 
poor-will,” repeated at 
intervals, rings out in all wooded hilly dis- 
tricts. Their two eggs are deposited on the 
ground among dead leaves, generally in dense 
woods. They are grayish white or cream color 
marbled with pale brown and gray, with faint 
er markings of lilac. Size 1.50 x ,85, 
Creamy white 
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