. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . i Jhuck- wills- widow Grayish white they are silent and hiding in the woods duringthe day time, they are not as popularly knownas are most birds. They rarely lly during tin-day time unless disturbed from their roostingplace which is on the ground under underbrushor in hollow logs. Their noles, which are a rapid and repeatedly uttered whis-tling repetition of their name, are heard until late in the night. They m-st din-ing April, May or June,
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . i Jhuck- wills- widow Grayish white they are silent and hiding in the woods duringthe day time, they are not as popularly knownas are most birds. They rarely lly during tin-day time unless disturbed from their roostingplace which is on the ground under underbrushor in hollow logs. Their noles, which are a rapid and repeatedly uttered whis-tling repetition of their name, are heard until late in the night. They m-st din-ing April, May or June, laying two eggs on the ground amid the leaves in woodor scrubby underbrush. The eggs are grayish to creamy white in color, handsomely marked with shades of lilac, gray and brownish: size x H7. Whip-pooh Antrostomus rod ferns vociferus. Range.—North America east of the Plains; north to the southern part- of theBritish possessions; winters along the Gulf coast and southward. This species is well known, by sound, in nearly all parts of it- range, butcomparatively few ever observed the bird, and probably the greater numbermistake
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