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ninif of sf P™™ tliis time until the hegin- 
fouud were none of these birds to he 
frcoiionti ***” place ; though I 
tembpr ^ “^‘le search tor them. On the 4th of Sep- 
evenin.L '** whip-poor-will was again hoard for two 
I also r ’ ®*J‘''‘'®ssivelv, in the same part of the woods. 
■"‘Oek several of them passing, within the same 
then eu! r at nib'l't, it being 
or fLiT These repeated thei? notes thref 
probable V “«re. It is highly 
night. migrate during the evening and 
su'd ^iriimteei? a half long, 
full ouartcr of -in in? 1 “’‘tent; the biU is blackish, a. 
mandible arched a little upwards, following the curva- 
tldi^rr t‘f“ ^^'“inent and 
cxtM ’ * directed forwaril; the mouth is 
bese? “oinur within, and 
elastic brkfl nnmt>cr of long, thick, 
half an in^•l**^’ longest of which c.vtends more than 
hah-, and curv^'^‘'*‘'‘i'‘” 
and prevent the'”"..*^'*^* ; these seem to serve as feelers; 
very laroe foil “t wm^ed insects : the eyes are 
is so variegated w“hh ldl“f ' ***®i P*'**"**^^® ‘‘^®'® 
and spots as to “,P®"?®red in such minute streaks 
headTot\a lilt l.{ "PP®^' P«^‘ «‘ tlie 
tudiual stival/’r^f 1 ‘ nuirkcd with a loiigi- 
the bad L ,1 L "o’ T'*'' radiating from ft; 
black • the s *’*'*^ ^ strealied with a less deep 
beautiful v ""-I ^kilht wbitisli ochre, 
of very deei> i[®e?^ted with two or three obhque streaks 
ten feathers^ r rounded, consisting of 
shorter than extendi. ,j^artg,. 
on each side .w ‘®“‘^'®''® 
thence niii-o 1.1 '.,“*®®hish brown tor half their length, 
with deep downV'' *1*“* ®3^tcrior one is edged 
^OL i/* iiearly to the tip ; the deep brown of 
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