. La vie des oiseaux de la Nouvelle-Angleterre ; être un manuel d'ornithologie de la Nouvelle-Angleterre : rev.et ed. de l'autographe de Winfrid A. Stearns . Les oiseaux. ANTROSTOMUS VOCIFERUS : WHIPPOORWILL. 5 Je l'oiseau peut être dans les broussailles où il a caché pendant les heures de lumière, ou, sur le pignon de bruit comme celui d'un hibou, il peut-être volé près de la maison - si près que le bruit de clic queer qui précède son salut lugubre peut être entendu clairement. Il peut même tomber inaperçu sur la maison-haut, et crier avec véhémence soudaine au milieu de la nuit, peut-être l'envoi d'un frisson à travers les personnes dont la

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. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: rev.and ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. ANTROSTOMUS VOCIFERUS : WHIPPOORWILL. 5 I The bird may be in the brush where it has hidden during the hours of light, or, on pinion as noiseless as that of an owl, it may have stolen close to the house — so close that the queer clicking sound which precedes its lugubrious salute may be distinctly heard. It may even drop unperceived upon the house-top, and cry out with sudden vehemence in the middle of the night, perhaps sending a shiver through those persons whose nervous organization is susceptible of impressions ominous or superstitious. Though wrong conclusions may be cor- rected by observation and experience— those unanswer- able pleaders in the court of na- ture to which all cases of the kind must be finally referred without possible appeal it should not ' ^' fig. 4. —Whippoorwill. lessen our interest in the birds capable of such weird effects; but rather awaken new and more intelligent cognitions of the beauty and harmony which nature's every handiwork displays. No bird is more perfectly adapted to the part sustained in animated nature than the Whippoorwill, and not one can be presumed to more thoroughly enjoy life. It has a number of amiable and admirable traits, among which are its parental affection and devotion, and its conjugal fidelity. Though the young birds hatch covered with down, and thus like chickens or sandpipers, which are able to run about and feed themselves at birth, they are nevertheless as weak and helpless as the naked occupants of a spar- row's nest, requiring assiduous attention on the part of. 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 work.. Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C

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