. The land-birds and game-birds of New England : with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes . Birds. OF NEW ENGLAND. 297 whW) and occasionally a rather harsh and guttural chatter. Mr. Nuttall says that the young haV^ a low, mournful pe-^gh. It is probable, at least in New England, that few or no super- stitions are now attached to these birds. II. CHOEDEILES (A) TiRGiNiANUs. Mght "; "; (A common summer-resident throughout New England.) (a). About nine inches long. Tail forked. Variously mottled, or variegated. <? with a wh
. The land-birds and game-birds of New England : with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes . Birds. OF NEW ENGLAND. 297 whW) and occasionally a rather harsh and guttural chatter. Mr. Nuttall says that the young haV^ a low, mournful pe-^gh. It is probable, at least in New England, that few or no super- stitions are now attached to these birds. II. CHOEDEILES (A) TiRGiNiANUs. Mght "; "; (A common summer-resident throughout New England.) (a). About nine inches long. Tail forked. Variously mottled, or variegated. <? with a white, and 9 with a reddish, throat-patch. ^ with both a white wing-patch and white tail-spots. (&). The eggs, of which two are here laid about the first of June, are di-opped upon rocks, upon the ground, or occasionally upon a flat roof. They have been found vari- ously in cities, pastures, fields, and woods. They are elliptical, aver- age about 1'25 X '85 of an inch, and are light gray, or brown, thickly and finely marked with li- lac, dark brown, and sometimes slate-color. (c). The Night " Hawks " have not been named altogether appro- priately, for, though to a certain extent crepuscular (belonging to twilight or dusk), they are not nocturnal. There is, how- ever, a strong resemblance in their general method of flight to that of certain hawks, as well as to that of the swifts, latter part of their name is warranted by their general appear- ance at a distance. They fly with ease, and sometimes, when favored by a wind, with much rapidity. They often mount to a great height, so as to be fairly lost among the clouds, and comparatively seldom skim over the earth, in the manner of. Fig. 16. Night " Hawk" (i).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Minot, Henry Davis, 1859
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