. American ornithology, for home and school . They nest upon the ground in much more open and exposed placesthan do the Whip-poor-wills, often in the corners of cornfields, in rockypastures or upon the gravel roofs of city blocks. The two eggs aregrayish, strongly mottled with darker shades of the same so that theyresemble very closely the surroundings amid which they are discovered, the female will not leave her eggs until nearly step-ped upon, and then will flutter helplessly away with wings trailing andapparently badly wounded: This ruse often succeeds in drawing an en-emy away
. American ornithology, for home and school . They nest upon the ground in much more open and exposed placesthan do the Whip-poor-wills, often in the corners of cornfields, in rockypastures or upon the gravel roofs of city blocks. The two eggs aregrayish, strongly mottled with darker shades of the same so that theyresemble very closely the surroundings amid which they are discovered, the female will not leave her eggs until nearly step-ped upon, and then will flutter helplessly away with wings trailing andapparently badly wounded: This ruse often succeeds in drawing an en-emy away from her treasures. Xighthawks can, apparently, see very well in the bright daylight forthey show none of the uncertainty of flight that the last species doeswhen they are startled from their roosting places. In the daytime theymay be found sitting lengthwise on branches, logs or fence rails, orupon rocks, stonewalls or gravel roofs. AMERICAX ORXITHOLOGY. 145. WHIP-POOH-WILI, lUFlKK) 10 INCHES L(JN(t xktHthawk (lower; 10 inches long. Note the outer iring feathers of the Whip-ponr-will are barred black and broum;those of the Xighthairk are plain blackish n-ith a large ichite patch. The tail ofthe former is round irhile that of the latter is forked. 146 AMERICAX ORXITHOLOGY. fc TO THE VULTURE. Isaac S. Hess Great silent bird— Een the wing-beats from thy strong pinions Art seldom heard. Gifted with no voice, thou canst not sing— And yet thou art the peer of all—on wing. Thy great broad circles as thou sweeps! the sky Ravish and delight the eye— And thou art envied by A multitude of creatures, who on earth Must needs to walk and crawl. Thourt Natures child And hath chosen for thy home her forest wild; Thy dwelling place—so far from citys mart Is in the oak-trees heart. Thou dost accept the architects unaltered plan; True wisdom—for of Natures hand Is all the fashioning. Without—may storm and tempest roar— Thou art secure. We
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