. Bird guide . i, west to Texas. WHIP-POOR-WILL. 417. Antroutomus vocifcrits. 9% inches. Male with broad white tips to outer tail feathers;female with narrow buffy tips. These birds are oftenconfounded with the Nighthawk, but are very easilydistinguished by the long bristles from base of bill, theblack chin, the chestnut and black barred wing feathersand the rounded tail. Whip-poor-wills are more noc-turnal than Nighthawks and on moonlight nights con-tinue the whistled repetition of their name throughoutthe night. They capture and devour a great many ofthe large-bodied moths that are found in
. Bird guide . i, west to Texas. WHIP-POOR-WILL. 417. Antroutomus vocifcrits. 9% inches. Male with broad white tips to outer tail feathers;female with narrow buffy tips. These birds are oftenconfounded with the Nighthawk, but are very easilydistinguished by the long bristles from base of bill, theblack chin, the chestnut and black barred wing feathersand the rounded tail. Whip-poor-wills are more noc-turnal than Nighthawks and on moonlight nights con-tinue the whistled repetition of their name throughoutthe night. They capture and devour a great many ofthe large-bodied moths that are found in the woods, butare never seen flying over cities like Nighthawks. Note.—^An emphatically whistled repetition of whip-poor-will, whip-poor-will. Nest.—In June they lay two grayish or creamy whiteeggs (), mottled with pale brown, gray andlilac. These are deposited on the ground in woods. Range.—East of the Plains, breeding from the Gulfto Manitoba and New Brunswick. Winters south of theUnited
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