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Antrostomus vociferus.
Lake Umbagog, Maine.
1888 Antrostomus vociferus ✓
Late singing
Sept. 11 At daylight this morning I heard a Whippoorwill at the
Sluice when we were camping. He uttered his cry about
5 times in the usual quick succession. He did not
ing a second time nor did we hear him the
previous evening which was Still, clear & warm.
This evening the same bird sang at frequent intervals for
fifteen or twenty minutes. The greatest number of
repetitions of the “whippoorwill” was nine. At Machias
last June I counted 158 without an intervening pause.