Dursley Poorwill 2420 Channing Way, Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif. June 27, 1942 Last night from 10:50 PM to 12:50 AM, I took awalks up Strawberry canyon, going up orchard Lane to the Top of Panoramic Way, thence to the top of the hill above this and around the upper road around the canyon to the top of the hill above the botanical gardens, down this to the paved road and home via Canyon drive. It was a bright night with a full moon. I heard a poorwill calling from the upper end of the canyon while I was still almost half a mile away. At a distance, the call sounds like two clear whistled notes — — with no slur inbetween. When I got closer the slur could be heard — and when very close a third note on the end was evident — . It resembles the first notes of a Whip-poor-will's call & is a low rattling sort of call. In the upper part of the canyon, I saw one on the road. I approached and as I got about 12 feet away it would rise and flop like a large moth a few feet down the road uttering a low rather mellow note somewhat like that of a robin's "quit-quit-quit-quit" alarm note but