Antrostomus vociferus. 
1892. Mass . 
July 16. Cone or dr There were two Whippoorwills, both in the woods on FWJ - ftg X: 
(No. 4) the ridge near Box meadow. The number of repetitions of their - m - — * 
notes varied from three to twenty-five. They did not seem to 
move about as much as usual. 
July 20. Concord .- My experience with thw Whippoorwills to-night taught 
(NO. 4) me some new things about them . As I stood on the Knoll in the 
& in the SstabrooK road two came close about me uttering an emphat- 
(NO. 5) ic note which, within a distance of 20 or 30 yards, sounded liKe 
quo ip . and farther off, was distinctly quip . This was apparently 
a call note used by both sexes for the birds were almost certain- 
ly a pair. They moved their positions frequently as I could 
tell by their calls apparently tahing short flights from place 
to place among the sprouts but never once showing themselves 
against the light in the western sKy. The male sang every few 
minutes, often very near me. As a rule he uttered the . quip or 
auoip from one to five times in quicK succession just before the 
song began but this was not invariably the case. I heard the 
well-Known clucKing call whenever the bird was within 50 or 60 
yards. It resembles most clearly the clucK of the Chipmunk 
( T ami as strictus ) and to-night at least was not given until 
the song was well under way usually beginning with the 5th utter- 
ance of the whinpoorwill and invariably coming in exactly at the 
end of the first syllable (thus: whip( .cluck )p o o rwi.1.1 ) and not as 
