. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. . 1 1 I ( â 1 *: 1 ' I % h ort of guttural 'inck is heard between the repetitions; but the whole phrase is uttered in little more than a second of time. Although our Whip-poor-will seems to speak out in such plain , to the ears of the aboriginal Delaware its call was iL'ccoii/is, though this was probably some favorite phrase or interpretation, which served it for a name. The W'hip-poor- will, when engaged in these nocturnal rambles, is seen to tly within a few feet
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. . 1 1 I ( â 1 *: 1 ' I % h ort of guttural 'inck is heard between the repetitions; but the whole phrase is uttered in little more than a second of time. Although our Whip-poor-will seems to speak out in such plain , to the ears of the aboriginal Delaware its call was iL'ccoii/is, though this was probably some favorite phrase or interpretation, which served it for a name. The W'hip-poor- will, when engaged in these nocturnal rambles, is seen to tly within a few feet of the surface in quest of moths and other insects, frequently, where abundant, alighting around the house. During the day the birds retire int' die woods, usually on high ground, where they ])ass the time in silence and repose, the weakness of their sight by day compelling them t(j avoid the glare of the light. The female commences laying about the second week in May in the Middle States, considerably later in Massachusetts ; she is at no jxiins to form a nest, though she selects for her dejiosit some unfrecjuented part of the forest near a pile of brush, a heap of leaves, or the low shelving of a hollow rock, and always in a dry situation ; here she lays two eggs, without any ai)])earance of an artificial bed. This deficiency of nest is amply made up by the provision of natme, for. like Partridges, the young are soon able to run about after their parents ; and until the growth of their feathers they seem such shapeless lumps of clay-colored down that it becomes nearly impossible to distinguish them from the grountl on which they 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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