The Kobe oJthA:SLght Hawk. A cor- 
respondent of the Clricago Advance, speaking 
of the night hawk and the manner in wine 
it. produces the peculiar noise made m its 
SOfisetantapR 
descend it springs upward a few feet .and 
tiiangle ^amT whe^the potat^below is 
rxnints of the pinions are thrown neaiiy 
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mouth at the same instant. I have noticed 
a bird do this halt a dozen times in succes- 
sion. It anything occurs to djgJH|M;ho 
balance, : so that the position of tl£t wings is 
slianged, the noise is not produced.. 
It eating Habits of Texas Birds. 
H. P. Atwater, London, Ontario. 
Nighthawk, (Chordeiles popetue) . These were 
quite common, though I did not find any eggs. 
O.&O. XII. Aug. 1887 p.124 
July, 1886.] 
AND 0< 
Curious Nesting Place of Nighthawk. 
On June lOtli, 1880, a Nighthawk, ( Chordeiles 
popetue), was found sitting on two eggs on the 
pebble roof of a dwelling house, on Spruce 
street, above Twentieth street, Philadelphia. 
This is right in the centre of (lie city, where it is 
closely built up for miles in all directions. The 
eggs were laid on the pebbles, without any at- 
tempt at forming a nest. 
O.&Q. Xf.JulyJSSS.p. /Oh. 
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have taken place since I have harried this 
field. The first year, or in 1876, forty Wliist- ^ ^ . 
ling Bob-whites could have been picked off the cUtlXCt • 
rooks in a June forenoon; this year, none 
This, however, can be remedied, hut here is 
something beyond present cure. The second 
season of collection I marked down twelve 
sets of Night H awk’s eggs. In 1890 there was 
hut one resTcfenF pair of Night Hawks. This is 
because the rising sportsmen of Noank prac- 
tise wing-shooting on this species. No com- 
munity more stoutly maintains the privilege 
of bearing arms than the fishermen and youth- 
ful crews of the Noank lobster fleet. If this 
armed rabble did not overrun all these shores 
in the fall, shooting promiscuously at every- 
thing within range, Groton Long Point would 
remain an Eden for the birds of southern 
New England. On December 1st I looked in the 
game-pouch of one “sportsman” on the Point 
and his “ hag” consisted of eleven Meadow 
Larks, one Cuckoo and a Fish Hawk! 
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Norwich, Conn. 
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