. New England Vogelleben: Als ein Handbuch der New England Ornithologie; . inös orabergläubisch. Obwohl falsche Schlussfolgerungen können durch Beobachtung und Erfahrung berichtigen - diese unbeantwortbaren Plädoyers inthe Court of na-ture, auf die alle Fälle der Art müssen endgültig ohne mögliche Berufung verwiesen werden sollte es nicht Feige. 4. - WHH-arorwill. Verringern Sie unser Interesse an den Vögeln, die zu solchen Verrücktheiten fähig sind; sondern wecken Sie neue und intelligenteren Wahrnehmungen der Schönheit und Harmonie, die naturesejede Handarbeit zeigt. Kein Vogel ist dem Teil, der in der animierten Natur erhalten wird, besser angepasst als der Whipp
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. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . inous orsuperstitious. Though wrong conclusions may be cor-rected by observation and experience—those unanswer-able pleaders inthe court of na-ture to which allcases of the kindmust be finallyreferred withoutpossible appeal it should not Fig. 4. — Whh-poorwill. lessen our interest in the birds capable of such weirdeffects; but rather awaken new and more intelligentcognitions of the beauty and harmony which naturesevery handiwork displays. No bird is more perfectlyadapted to the part sustained in animated naturethan the Whippoorwill, and not one can be presumedto more thoroughly enjoy life. It has a number ofamiable and admirable traits, among which are itsparental affection and devotion, and its conjugal fidelity.Though the young birds hatch covered with down, andthus like chickens or sandpipers, which are able to runabout and feed themselves at birth, they are neverthelessas weak and helpless as the naked occupants of a spar-rows nest, requiring assiduous attention on the part of. 52 CAPRIMULGID^ : WHIPPOORWILLS ; NIGHT-HAWKS. the parents. We cannot endorse Mr. Minots statementthat they run about much like young partridges.Only an apology for a nest is constructed — a slighthollow in the mould of a fallen log or stump, or on theground among fallen leaves. The eggs are onlytwo, this being the usual number laid by birds ofthis family. They are elliptical, and of delicatelymarbled and clouded coloration, like the plumage ofthe birds themselves. They measure about 1.25 X0.85 of an inch, and are usually laid early in June, when the birds are in full cry. The clamor continuesduring the breeding season proper, after which the cryis seldom if ever heard; and this being the princi-pal indication of the birds presence, it is difficult to sayat what precise time they depart, so silently and furtivelydo they slip away from our midst. The migration, how-ever, is probably accomplished in September. Like t
