_Antrostomus vociferus vociferus. Case 6, Fig. 41_
Outer wing-quills barred with rusty, breast-band
white in the male, buff in the female. L. 9-3/4.
_Range._ Breeds from northern Georgia north to
Canada, winters from the Gulf States southward,
starting north in April.
Washington, common S.R., Apl. 13-Oct 13. Ossining,
common S.R., Apl. 19-Oct. 17. Cambridge, formerly
S.R., now chiefly T.V., Apl. 30-Sept. 20. N. Ohio,
locally common S.R., Apl. 29-Sept. 15. Glen Ellyn,
rare, spring records only, Apl. 19-May 21. SE.
Minn., common S.R., Apl. 17-Sept. 28.
A mysterious, silent, flitting shadow, should we chance to arouse it
from its sleep in the forest by day, at dusk the Whip-poor-will takes
the center of the stage and announces his presence to the world.
_Whi['p]-poor-will, whi['p]-poor-will_ he calls with a snap and a
swinging rhythm that makes the twilight ring with the oft-repeated
notes.
Two eggs are laid on the ground in the woods in May. They are dull white
with delicate obscure lilac markings, and a few brownish gray spots.