An tros tonus vociferus . 
Y7 inchendon , Mass . 
188S. Early- this morning - about daybreak - we were all awak- 
June 15. ened by a Whippoorwill which sang thirty or fourty times on 
the doorstep directly below the window. A distinct chuck 
preceded each utterance. Bailey says that this bird regular- 
ly sings on this doorstep every morning excepting when the 
weather is cold or stormy. He has often watched him and seen 
him dart out after passing moths returning, after catching 
his prey, to resume his song which is interrupted frequently 
in this way. 
: South Yarmouth, Mass. 
1899. Directly in front of the Stone's house stands a large, 
Aug. 11-15, spreading willow tree under which, at the time of my visit, 
was a wooden bench. As I was walking past this within a yard 
or two in the twilight on the evening of the 14th a Whippoor- 
will started, apparently from the seat of the bench, and 
fluttered slowly off calling wuk six or eight times in quick 
succession and opening and shutting its tail repeatedly, the 
white alternately flashing and disappearing in the dim light. 
