. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. 522 Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. Length, about 12; wing, ; tail, ; bill, .45. The Chuck-will's-widow is a southern species which occurs casu- ally in southern Illinois. Ridgway found it not uncommon as far north as Mount Carmel. (Orn. of Illinois, 1889, p. 367.) Mr. Otto Widmann states it is a fairly common summer resident in Missouri "from Perry County southwestward along the southern slope of the Ozark Mountains, from the latter part of April to the end of September" (Birds of Missouri, 1907, p. 128
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. 522 Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. Length, about 12; wing, ; tail, ; bill, .45. The Chuck-will's-widow is a southern species which occurs casu- ally in southern Illinois. Ridgway found it not uncommon as far north as Mount Carmel. (Orn. of Illinois, 1889, p. 367.) Mr. Otto Widmann states it is a fairly common summer resident in Missouri "from Perry County southwestward along the southern slope of the Ozark Mountains, from the latter part of April to the end of September" (Birds of Missouri, 1907, p. 128). It has not been observed in Wisconsin. 199. Antrostomus vociferus (Wils.). Whip-poor-will. Distr.: Eastern North America, from Great Plains to the Atlan- tic, and from southern Canada to Mexico, Central America, and northern West Indies. Adult male: Smaller than the preceding species, bristles of the mouth, without lateral filaments; plumage, soft; bill, small; mouth,. large; general plumage, mixed gray, tawny and black; the crown, streaked with black; throat, blackish, mixed with tawny; a narrow white band on the breast; belly, tawny buff, irregularly marked with black; primaries, dark brown, marked with imperfect rufous bars; tail, grayish, mottled with black and buffy white; the three outer feathers broadly tipped with white (the second and third for about two inches).. 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 Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921. Chicago
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