. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. 214 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK band; rest of under parts buff, speckled with black; middle tail- feathers like back, the three outer pairs with the terminal half white. Ad. $.—Similar, but band across breast buff, and outer tail-feathers narrowly tipped with bufEy white. Eggs, creamy-white, spotted with lilac or lavender, laid in dry leaves on the ground
. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. 214 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK band; rest of under parts buff, speckled with black; middle tail- feathers like back, the three outer pairs with the terminal half white. Ad. $.—Similar, but band across breast buff, and outer tail-feathers narrowly tipped with bufEy white. Eggs, creamy-white, spotted with lilac or lavender, laid in dry leaves on the ground in woods. The Whip-poor-will is a locally common summer resident throughout New York and New England, arriving late in April or early in May, and staying into September. It is a bird of the woodland, espe- cially along streams or at the edges of farming-land, and has become scarce in many locali- ties, as the woodland has given way to cultivated ground. It „ spends the day in dense thick- Fia. 64. Whip-poor-will 5 . , , ^i ets or in deep woods, on tne ground or on low limbs, and if surprised in such a place it flutters off as if bewildered, but with noiseless flight. The song of the Whip-poor-will begins at dusk, is heard at intervals all night long, and regularly before dawn; it is often repeated a hundred times in rapid succession. If the song is heard at close range, it is found to begin with an introductory chuck. During midsummer the song is less frequently heard, but on the breeding-ground it is repeated a few times nearly every night, even in September. By those who live surrounded by woods, the Whip-poor- will is not infrequently seen sitting at dusk on the ridge- pole of some shed, or flying about engulfing moths and beetles in its cavernous mouth. Its relative the Night- hawk is much more often seen by day, roosting on some limb, fence-rail, or rock. Both lie lengthwise on the limb, but the Whip-poor-will has a white or bufiy band on the upper breast, while the N
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