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and sprightly notes are heard echoing upon the still 
air, “ Whip-poor-will ! whip-poor-will ! ” repeated in 
rapid succession for some minutes together. Then 
with a few wild sweeps through the air upon its noise- 
less wing, in pursuit of its insect prey, it alights per- 
haps upon the fence or wood-pile, or even upon the 
roof of the house, and again utters its soft but clear 
cry with great animation. Those who have listened 
to the song of this bird, flowing like a liquid stream 
of melody, can alone judge of the soothing and 
quieting influence which it possesses. 
Chuck-wills-widow. 
The habits of the Chuck-wills-widow are very sim- 
ilar to those of the Whip-poor-will, and are equally 
interesting. In the pine forests of South Carolina it 
