. Our own birds; a familiar natural history of the birds of the United States. Birds. THE CHUCK-WILLS-WIDOW. 115 and sprightly notes are heard echoing upon the still air, " ^Vhip-poor-will! whip-poor-will!" repeated in rapid succession for some minutes together. Then with a few wild sweeps through the air upon its noise- less wing, in pursuit of its insect prey, it alights per- haps upon the fence or wood-pile, or even upon the roof of the house, and again utters its soft but clear cry with great animation. Those who have listened to the song of this bird, flowing like a liquid strea
. Our own birds; a familiar natural history of the birds of the United States. Birds. THE CHUCK-WILLS-WIDOW. 115 and sprightly notes are heard echoing upon the still air, " ^Vhip-poor-will! whip-poor-will!" repeated in rapid succession for some minutes together. Then with a few wild sweeps through the air upon its noise- less wing, in pursuit of its insect prey, it alights per- haps upon the fence or wood-pile, or even upon the roof of the house, and again utters its soft but clear cry with great animation. Those who have listened to the song of this bird, flowing like a liquid stream of melody, can alone judge of the soothing and quieting influence which it Chuck-wills-widow. The habits of the Chuck-wills-widow are very sim- ilar to those of the Whip-poor-will, and are equally interesting. In the pine forests of South Carolina it. 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 Baily, William L; Cope, E. D. (Edward Drinker), 1840-1897. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co.
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