1879. 
ChordoilGS popetUQ. 
Maine (Lake Umbagog). 
May 24. 
“ 25. 
One booming over the lake this evening. 
Abundant this evening, the males booming in all dir¬ 
ections. 
June 22, 
1880. 
May 20. 
Watched a male closely this evening. Ho v^orkod 
his v/ay skyward by jerky, moth-like flights until a*, ole- 
vatioii Oi several hundred feet had beer, reached when, ho 
set his v/ings and dove earthward. When v/ithin about 
forty fe't of the ground —the distance varying sanewhat 
on different o ccas ions—ghe tips of his wings "were su,d- 
denly turned forv;ard a.nd a,t the same time the rornarkablo 
ripping "boom” v/as heard. The eonnoction at this alter¬ 
ation in the angle at which the v/ings were held and the 
production of the sound v/as too obvious to admit of any 
doubt that tlio latter v^as ca-.sod by the wings, instead of 
being vocal. Ho invariably came dov/n over the same 
spot though from 
surprised when 
various starting points, and [ v/as 
a little la.ter 
no 
, , the female rose from the 
grouna^at the tormination of one of his plunges and skim¬ 
med off close over the ground, the male following her 
elooGly. June 23 I visited tlie spot about noonday and 
the female. She protended 
"ameness, and tried 
started 
all her arts to lead me av/ay from the place, so that T 
felt sure ohat^she had either eggs or young,, but on the 
th em. 
sCo 1 “died and blackened ground 
I could not Find 
Numbers 
Jun( 
Dozens flying- £b out this evening, mostly in pairs. 
The males vrould mount hundreds of feet in the air and 
uhen dive down after the flying female overaaking and 
brusliing past them within a few inches, at the same time 
"boom.ing”. 
1881. 
May 14. ■ One booming tliis evening. 
the^M-evening to compare the note 
Of the Nighthawk with that of the Woodcock. They are 
Wonderfully alike but the Woodcock’s cry is feebler and 
cannot be heard more than fifty to a hundred yards. 
Nighthawks came around the house in groat numbers 
this evening scaling through the dooryard close to the 
ground, and alighting i 
■v7ays do at this season. 
Mr. Abbott’s garden as thev al- 
