_Antrostromus carolinensis. Case 6, Fig. 40_
A larger, browner bird than the Whip-poor-will,
with branched, not simple bristles at the sides of
the bill. Breast-patch whiter in the male than in
the female. L. 12.
_Range._ Southern states north to Virginia;
wintering from southern Florida southward and
migrating northward in March.
Washington, one record. Cambridge, A.V., one
record, Dec.
What the Whip-poor-will is to the north the Chuckwill is to the south.
The difference in their names expresses the syllabic difference in
their calls, but the Chuckwill's notes are uttered more evenly and lack
the marked accent on the first "Whip" of its northern cousin's song.
The Chuckwill lays its two eggs in April on the ground in the woods,
where it lives. They are white with delicate lilac markings and a few
brownish spots.