. 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. 212 BIKDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YOEK NIGHTHAWKS, WHIP-POOR-WILLS, ETC.: FAMILY CAPRIMULGID^ There is a belief common among country people that the Nighthawk and Whip-poor-will are one and the same bird; it is probably due to the fact that the latter is so rarely seen, and so constantly heard. NiGHTHAWK. Chordeiles virginianus Ad. $. — Entire upper parts,
. 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. 212 BIKDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YOEK NIGHTHAWKS, WHIP-POOR-WILLS, ETC.: FAMILY CAPRIMULGID^ There is a belief common among country people that the Nighthawk and Whip-poor-will are one and the same bird; it is probably due to the fact that the latter is so rarely seen, and so constantly heard. NiGHTHAWK. Chordeiles virginianus Ad. $. — Entire upper parts, when seen near to, black, finely speckled with gray, and a little brown; middle pair of tail-feathers like back, the others tipped with black and crossed near the tip by a white band; a hroad hand of white across the throat; breast black, speckled with gray; belly gray, barred with black, often tinged with bufE; wings long and narrow; a hroad white har crosses the wing, showing best from below. Ad. f. — Similar, but throat- band buff instead of white ; no white on tail. Eggs, laid on bare rocks or gravel roofs, dull white speckled with gray or brown. The Nighthawk is a summer resident throughout New England and New York, common in some localities, rare or absent in others. It arrives in May and leaves for the south tor ward the end of August, when large flocks of Nighthawks are often seen passing overhead, par- ticularly along broad river valleys; it is occasionally seen in Septem- ber. Fig. 62. Nighthawk ^ . , , ,, , , Curiously enough, though the suburbs of many of our large cities are no longer wild enough to offer the Nighthawk proper breeding-sites, it has found the flat gravel-covered roofs of the cities themselves suitable for nesting-sites, while the air about supplies it with an abundance of food. The Nighthawk is a not un-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and a
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