. . GOATSUCKERS, HUMMING-BIRDS, ETC. 237 often but a few feet above the surface of the ground. Inthis habit it differs from the nighthawk, which, hke theswifts, seeks its food high in the air. Now and then it rests,perching on old logs or fences, from which it will launchforth in pursuit of prey which its keen eyes have the day it roosts in hollow trees or upon a large limbin some densely shaded spot. It does not attempt to build a nest. The two dull-whiteeggs are laid upon the ground or upon leaves in somesecluded pla
. . GOATSUCKERS, HUMMING-BIRDS, ETC. 237 often but a few feet above the surface of the ground. Inthis habit it differs from the nighthawk, which, hke theswifts, seeks its food high in the air. Now and then it rests,perching on old logs or fences, from which it will launchforth in pursuit of prey which its keen eyes have the day it roosts in hollow trees or upon a large limbin some densely shaded spot. It does not attempt to build a nest. The two dull-whiteeggs are laid upon the ground or upon leaves in somesecluded place in woods or thickets. It is said that this bird,when disturbed at its rest, will remove either its eggs or theyoung, as the case may be, to a place of safety by carryingthem in its mouth. WHIP-POOR-WILL The Goatsuckers are inhabitants of both breed practically from Virginia northwardto the southern portions of Canada and westward acrosscentral United States to the states bordering the species of goatsucker, the poo
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