203 
1868. 
May 28. 
1871, 
Apr. 30, 
1870, 
May 26. 
1874. 
May 29, 
Juno 2. 
1875, 
May 11. 
1876. 
May 13. 
1879, 
July 13. 
Antrostomus voeiferus, 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
A pair among second growth oaks on a rocky hillside 
in Stoneham, They were rather shy, rising thirty or 
forty yards ahead and invariably topping the trees; 
the v/hite on the tail of the male was very conspicuous 
when flying. 
A male singing in Mr.Hubbard’s place this evening 
(Cambridge), ^ ^ 
Nest with two fresh eggs. 
Numbers singing in the evening tv/ilight along the 
road from Sandy Pond to Concord. I tried to shoot one. 
^ ground throng 
mstake and afterwards missing him flying, gave it up. 
When within a few rods I distinctly har-dheard a low cluck 
occasionally interpolated between the usual notes. 
Once he uttered a succession of about a dozen very loud 
clucks without singing at all. We heard Whippoorwills 
singing at Concord this evening as late as 10 P.M. 
Tvm singing in Belmont after dark. 
Seen at Newton. 
Started a female in the edge of some scanty birches 
on an it alighted length wise 
an oak branch. It proved rather shy, flying fre- 
ITl lill "" --ly going mo;; thL Lr^ards 
flight r* alighting on the ground. Its 
Wh 0 ?it irregular as thiHt of a butterfly 
^ + K dropped in a limp manner as if shot 
Just before taking wing it would invariably bob its^head 
up and down exactly like a Totanus . It finally settled 
on a fence v/here I shot it. 
As I was emerging from the Sandy Pond-woods this ev¬ 
ening something shot swiftly pasy my horse’s head. At 
first I took it for a bat but as it reappeared this 
time against the strong light in the western sky I saw 
It was a Whippoorwill. Having never observed one fly¬ 
ing about in the twilight I stopped and sat for about a 
moment watching it. No one could have mistaken it for 
a Nighthawk; its wings wore moved much more quickly and 
the body and head had that peculiar cigar-shape, seen in 
the Chimney Swifts, It raided industriously among the 
lying insects, making short, rapid turns, and occasiona¬ 
lly rising nearly vertically for several feet, and after 
depressing its flight; finally 
sharply into the woods that lined the roadside, 
and the next moment began its hurried song. 
