. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. ''lltlrk-WlirH-widow ftniytnh white they are silent and hIdinR In the woods duriux the day time, they are not as popularly known as are most birds. They rarely fly darInK the day time unless disturbed from their roosting place which Is on the Kround under underbrush or In hollow Iorb. Their no es. which are a rapid and repeatedly uttered wliis- tllnx repetition of their name, are heard until late In the nlR
. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. ''lltlrk-WlirH-widow ftniytnh white they are silent and hIdinR In the woods duriux the day time, they are not as popularly known as are most birds. They rarely fly darInK the day time unless disturbed from their roosting place which Is on the Kround under underbrush or In hollow Iorb. Their no es. which are a rapid and repeatedly uttered wliis- tllnx repetition of their name, are heard until late In the nlRht. They nest dur InK April, May or June, layinK two eKRs on the xround amid the leaves In wikmIs or scrubby underbrush. The ckks are Krayish to creamy white In color, hkod- somely marked with shades of lilac, Rray and brownish: size x H7. U'lllH-i',. .tiiiroiiti)mu» rorilirii* voriferun. Range.—North America east of the Plains; north to the southern parts of the British possessions; winters along the Gulf coast and southward. This species Is well known, by sound. In nearly all parts of its range, but comparatively few ever observed the bird, and probably the greater number mistake the Nighthawk for this species. The two species can readily be diK tingulshed at a distance by the absence of any pronounced white marking In r • • tl;,' wings, and by the white tips to the outer tall feathers In the present species, while the Night Hawk has a prominent white band across the tail, but the top is Iilack. and the tail slight' ly forked. The Whlp-poorwill. rarely leaves its place of concealment before dark, and is never seen flying alx>ut cities, as are the Night- hawks. In their pursuit of insects, they glide like a shadow over fields and woods, their soft plumage giving forth no sound as their wings cleave the air. t'ntil late at night, th»1r M'hlstUng cry "whip- ; repeated at intervals, rings out in all hilly dis iricls. Thei
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