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EEAUTIFUL BIRDS. 
moment or two betwixt every note, and you will liave 
some idea of the moaning of the largest Goatsucker in 
Demerara. 
Four other species of Goatsucker articulate some 
words so distinctly that they have received their names 
from the sentences they appear to utter, and abso- 
lutely bewilder the stranger on his arrival in these parts. 
The most common one sits down close by your door, 
and flies and alights three or four yards before you, 
as you walk along the road, crying, wlio-are-yoii, iclio, 
who, tvho-are-ijou. Another bids you icorlc-away, worlc, 
work, work-away . A third cries mournfidly, tvilly- 
come-yo, imlly, willy, ivilly, icill-come-yo ; and high up 
in the country a fourth tells you to ichip-poor-will, 
whip, whip, whip-poor-will.^ 
An American species, Caprimulyus Carolinensis, 
utters a cry in sound like chuck-wilV s-widow, which is 
its provincial name. AVilson says it is a solitary bird, 
arriving in Georgia in March, and in A^irginia in 
April. Its cry is heard in the evening, soon after 
sunset, and with short intermissions is continued for 
many hours. As morning approaches the sound is 
renewed, and does not cease until day has fairly 
dawned. In the day it is not heard at all. It seems 
])lainly to express the words which give its name, and 
each syllable is pronounced leisurely and distinctly, 
tlie chief emphasis being on the last word. AFhen the 
air is still it is said to be heard at the distance of a 
mile. 
The flight of this bird is low, skimming a few feet 
above the ground, frequently settling on old logs or 
* Wanderings in South America. 
