What bird is that?

by Frank M. Chapman

The Flicker nests in holes and lays from 5-9 white eggs in late April or early May.

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GOATSUCKERS, SWIFTS, HUMMINGBIRDS. ORDER MACROCHIRES

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NIGHTHAWKS, WHIP-POOR-WILLS, ETC. FAMILY CAPRIMULGIDÆ

CHUCKWILL'S WIDOW
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.