STEPHENS WHIP-POOR-WILL—Family Caprimulgidae. 
417a. Antrostomus vociferus macromystax. 10 inches. 
One of the birds that are heard much more often than seen, 
and in their habits they are very secluded, keeping in the 
dark woods the greater part of the time, rarely leaving its 
place of concealment before dark. In pursuit of insects, they 
are swift and noiseless, their soft plumage giving forth no 
sound, as their wings cleave the air. . 
jjest._Is on the ground among the leaves, usually m dense 
woods.* Their two eggs of a grayish or creamy white are very 
faintly marbled or marked with pale brown and gray. These 
birds are only found in southern Arizona, Texas and New 
Mexico. 
POOR-WILL. 
418. Phalcenoptilus nuttalli. 8 inches. 
The smallest of the family. A handsome species with plum¬ 
age mottled black, white and gray, beautifully blended to¬ 
gether. To be found west of the Mississippi from British 
Columbia to southern California. Eggs are a pure white (1.00 x 
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