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chuck-will's-widow
[Imitative of the bird's cry.]
Popular name in U.S. of a species of Goat-sucker (Caprimulgus carolinensis).
1791W. Bartram Carolina 154 Caprimulgus rufus called chuck-will's-widow, from a fancied resemblance of his note to these words. 1823E. James Acct. Expedition Rocky Mts. I. 49 The yellow breasted chat, chuck-wills-widow,..and numerous other birds occurred. 1828Audubon Ornith. I. 273 (Bartl.) About the middle of March, the forests of Louisiana are heard to echo with the well-known notes of this interesting bird. No sooner has the sun disappeared..than the sound ‘Chuck-will's widow’, repeated with great clearness and power six or seven times in as many seconds, strikes the ear. 1945J. J. Mathews Talking to Moon 52 The first notes of the chuck-will's-widow come plaintively from the east ridge as the moon rises. |