. Bird neighbors. An introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes . help it, and then scarcely higher than a in summer they are off for the mountains in the is their chosen nesting ground, and they are said toplace their grassy nest, lined with lichens or moss, flat upon theground—still another lark trait. Their eggs are chocolate-brownscratched with black. Whippoorwill (Antrostomus vociferus) Goatsucker family Length—9 to 10 inches. About the size of the robin. Apparentlymuch larger
. Bird neighbors. An introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes . help it, and then scarcely higher than a in summer they are off for the mountains in the is their chosen nesting ground, and they are said toplace their grassy nest, lined with lichens or moss, flat upon theground—still another lark trait. Their eggs are chocolate-brownscratched with black. Whippoorwill (Antrostomus vociferus) Goatsucker family Length—9 to 10 inches. About the size of the robin. Apparentlymuch larger, because of its long wings and wide wing-spread, Male—A long-winged bird, mottled all over with reddish brown,grayish black, and dusky white; numerous bristles fringingthe large mouth. A narrow white band across the upperbreast. Tail quills on the end and under side white. Female—Similar to male, except that the tail is dusky in colorwhere that of the male is white. Band on breast buff insteadof white. Range—United States, to the plains. Not common near the sea. Migrations—Late April to middle of September. Summer resident. 136. Brown, Olive or Grayish Brown, and Brown and Gray Sparrowy Birds The whippoorwill, because of its nocturnal habits and plain-tive note, is invested with a reputation for occult poM^er whichinspires a chilling awe among superstitious people, and leadsthem insanely to attribute to it an evil influence ; but it is aharmless, useful night prowler, flying low and catching enor-mous numbers of hurtful insects, always the winged varieties, inits peculiar fly-trap mouth. It loves the rocky, solitary woods, where it sleeps all day;but it is seldom seen, even after painstaking search, because ofits dull, mottled markings conforming so nearly to rocks and dryleaves, and because of its unusual habit of stretching itself length-wise on a tree branch or ledge, where it is easily confounded with apatch of lichen, and thus overlooked. If by accident one ha
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