Ccthn—Notes on the Vertebrate Fauna 
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Flicker. Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs. 
Common about the clearings, though two were seen at the edge 
of the woods about Lake 16. Immature birds were seen fre¬ 
quently at Kenton, and the birds undoubtedly breed here. 
Whip-poor-will. Antrostomus vociferus vociferus (Wilson). 
Heard but once, at dusk on August 19, when its call, three 
times repeated, came from the far side of Lake 33. Is said to be 
not uncommon, though practically never seen. 
Nighthawk. Chordeiles verginianus virginianus (Gmelin). 
Several were seen constantly about the planing-mill at Kenton, 
and at Lake 33 a single individual performed one twilight over 
the middle of the lake. Blackwelder gives the bird as abundant, 
while the writer saw eight at most in the opposite corner of the 
same county. 
Chimney Swift. Chaetura pelagica (Linn). 
Seen quite commonly around the settled places, and occasion¬ 
ally in unsettled clearings, though none were seen in the unin¬ 
habited lake region. 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Archilochus colubris (Linn). 
But a single rub-throated was seen. The writer was watching 
a Bald Eagle circling over Lake 33, when a Ruby-throat lit on a 
dead twig almost in front of his face. The contrast in size of 
the two birds was in the nature of a decided shock. A humming 
bird never seemed so small or so out of place as did that particu¬ 
lar bird out there in the heart of the woods, where there were 
practically no flowers of showy color or attractive size. 
Kingbird. Tyrannus tyrannus (Linn). 
Several were seen in the clearings along the Kenton river and 
about the town itself. They seem to spend most of their time 
chasing or annoying sparrow hawks and crows. 
Phoebe. Sayornis phoebe (Latham). 
Quite common about the houses and barns of Kenton, and 
along the river where the vegetation is not too dense. Two nests 
were found under a bridge across the Kenton river, one contain¬ 
ing three broken eggs. 
