. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . caying timber. The nest is built like that of the night hawk, on the ground; the younghave very much the same appearance, though the eggs are much disturbed, the whip-poor-will rises and sails low and slowly, throughthe woods, for thirty or forty yards, and generally settles on a low branch oron the ground. Their favorite places of resort are on high and dry situa-tions; in low marshy tracts of country they are seldom heard; in this theydiffer from t
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . caying timber. The nest is built like that of the night hawk, on the ground; the younghave very much the same appearance, though the eggs are much disturbed, the whip-poor-will rises and sails low and slowly, throughthe woods, for thirty or forty yards, and generally settles on a low branch oron the ground. Their favorite places of resort are on high and dry situa-tions; in low marshy tracts of country they are seldom heard; in this theydiffer from the night hawk, which delights in extensive sea marshes. Theirflight also is very dissimilar. The whip-poor-will has ranges of long andstrong bristles on each side of the mouth ; the night hawk is entirely desti-tute of them. The bill of the whip-poor-will is twice the length of that ofthe night hawk. The wings of the whip-poor-will are shorter by more thantwo inches than those of the night hawk. The tail of the latter is forked,that of the former is rounded. The two species differ also in size and color. THE CHUCK WILLS WIDOW.*. I his solitary bird is rarely found north of Virginia and Tennessee. It hassometimes been confounded with the whip-poor-will. It has derived its Caprimvlgus Carolincnsis. Wilson. —PIGEQN. 577 name froiii its notes, which seem exactly to articulate those words. Itcommences its singular call generally in the evening, soon after sunset, andcontinues it with short occasional interruptions for several hours. Towardsmorning these repetitions are renewed. This note instantly attracts theattention of a stranger, and is strikingly different from that of the whip-poor-will. In sound and articulation it seems plainly to express the wordswhich have been applied to it, pronouncing every syllable leisurely, anddistinctly, putting the principal emphasis on the last word. In a stillevening it may be heard at the distance of nearly a mile; the tones of itsvoice b
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