Ant&rostomus vooiferus . 
intervale 
1896. 
to Mt .Washington . , N.H. 
" Hanging from the Intervale to Mt .Washington, my busi- 
ness afforded me tirae and opportunity for some work with the 
birds. One item in regard to the Whippoorwill interested me. 
At the base of the Rattlesnake range of i.Its. is a deep glade, 
divided by a sizeable brook. The timber growth being mainly 
pine, balsam, fir, sugar maple and white biroh, with heavy 
undergrowth of alder. In this glade I found the Antftrostoinus 
vocl Cerus . in goodly numbers. They drew my attention especi- 
ally by reason of their peculiar call, ’which I have not heard 
before and which I fail to find recorded in any of the books 
at my command. The last syllable of Whip-poor-will being sup- 
pressed. The first two syllables being uttered with great 
rapidity and extra vogor, with a short jerky effort, the first 
syllable being the accented one. It might be represented as 
follows:- Whip-poo , whip-poo , ad libitum. 
I took three specimens who. showed this peculiarity, but 
could not find in either, coloration, structure or measurement 
differing from an honest, every day Whip-poor-will. Those 
taken were all male birds. Of course from the "nature of the 
beast" they are somewhat difficult of accurate observation. 
They appeared (two individuals) first on the evening of April 
25th. At the south of the glade eis a large cleared area, or, 
