turns to rise. The song of the whip-poor- 
will is ‘‘ whip-poor-will,” oft repeated. 
Clark says that the note of a night hawk 
is similar to that of the meadow lark, 
but I can detect no resemblance to the 
sweet notes of the latter. 
The Woodcock is not put among the 
singers, but I have heard them in a 
warm spring day utter a very musical 
love note while in the air. 
Among our common birds I must not 
forget the Swallows, though they do not 
sing very musically. We have the Bank, 
the Barn, the Chimney and the Eaves 
Swallows. They are really handsome 
birds, with the exception of the Chim- 
ney Swallow, and their flight is very 
graceful. 
There are many more birds that might 
be mentioned, but none of them are good 
musicians except the Wrens, the more 
common House Wren, which has a pleas- 
ant lively song, and the Winter Wren, 
which is a much finer singer. ‘There are 
