We have not seen that species of goatsucker called the whippoorwill, which is commonly confounded in the United. From Wordnik.com. [First Across the Continent; The Story of The Exploring Expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6] Reference
We have not seen either that species of goatsucker or nighthawk called the whippoorwill, which is commonly confounded in the. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6.] Reference
The name Guaquili has a Cherokee sound and may be connected with wa′gulĭ′, "whippoorwill," uwâ′ gi'ĭ, "foam," or gi'lĭ, "dog.". From Wordnik.com. [Indians of North Carolina: Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, Transmitting, in Response to a Senate Resolution of June 30, 1914, a Report on the Condition and Tribal Rights of the Indians of Robeson and Adjoining Counties of North Carolina] Reference
With a breeze in the pines and a grey whippoorwill. From Wordnik.com. [Believe It Or Not] Reference
"Like the whippoorwill and the Antarrean cow-frog.". From Wordnik.com. [Futures Imperfect]
The whippoorwill clings to his perch for protection. From Wordnik.com. [Our Profession and Other Poems] Reference
Only the whippoorwill responds, so McCadams monologues. From Wordnik.com. [Appleseed Project teaches marksmanship and history, hopes to improve the country] Reference
Loud and sudden and near the note of a whippoorwill sounded. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
From some hipen hollow a whippoorwill called out mournfully. From Wordnik.com. [Way Station]
Where the whippoorwill shall mourn, where the oriole perches. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861] Reference
It had the whippoorwill and the hoot owl and crickets for music. From Wordnik.com. [RL’s Dream] Reference
As the stars were shining brightly we could hear the whippoorwill. From Wordnik.com. [Maple on the Hill] Reference
Closer to hand, a whippoorwill flitted from tree to tree. calling. From Wordnik.com. [beneath an opal moon]
There came from the woods the call of the owl and the whippoorwill. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by American Authors, Volume 1] Reference
And it was he who was whistling the piercing call of a whippoorwill. From Wordnik.com. [Galapagos]
I watched the chevalier narrowly as she spoke of the whippoorwill, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
Dunno koels, but try a whippoorwill under your bedroom window at night. From Wordnik.com. [How I know I am Home] Reference
A whippoorwill struck up its repetitive commentary somewhere downslope. From Wordnik.com. [The Fire In His Hands]
Honeysuckle sweetens the evening air as the whippoorwill calls his love. From Wordnik.com. [I smell « First 50 Words – Writing Prompts] Reference
That whippoorwill always brings the dew with him, too; so I must go home. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860] Reference
Minawanda assists them to escape by a sound imitating that of a whippoorwill. From Wordnik.com. [The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West] Reference
Minawanda assists them to escape by a sound indicating that of a whippoorwill. From Wordnik.com. [The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West] Reference
He heard the hoot owl on a dead limb, and the lonely call of the whippoorwill. From Wordnik.com. [The Blue Cat of Castle Town] Reference
Chouteau's Pond, and involuntarily I listened for the call of the whippoorwill. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
A whippoorwill called eerily from the dark shadows of the narrow winding creek. From Wordnik.com. [People of the Dark]
I knew if there had been anything unusual in the whippoorwill cry he would know it. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
She was being awakened in the faintest light of dawn, by the call of a whippoorwill. From Wordnik.com. [Galapagos]
"And if I win, I claim the first whippoorwill you shoot; the second may go to your aunt.". From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
The owl hooted solemnly in the forest, and the whippoorwill sung cheerfully in the garden. From Wordnik.com. [Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father] Reference
I heard it singing one night while I was clearing that brush, I heard the whippoorwill singing. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Charles D. Thompson, October 15, 1990. Interview K-0810. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
And without waiting for an answer he turned and imitated three times the call of a whippoorwill. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
An owl hooted in a tree not far away and from a cleft in the mountains came the weird song of the whippoorwill. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference
The evening before he went, a whippoorwill lighted on the window sill and uttered the plaintive 'whip-poor-will.'. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4] Reference
(Soundbite of song, When whippoorwill Call by Fats Domino) Mr. DOMINO: (Singing) When the whippoorwill call, and evening night. From Wordnik.com. [Fats Domino, 'Alive and Kickin' After Katrina] Reference
In fact, Tory and Miss Frean did not go indoors until, from somewhere deep in the woods, a whippoorwill began his evening call. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest] Reference
Far away a whippoorwill began its fluty, insistent strain. From Wordnik.com. [Darkness and Dawn] Reference
It belonged to the whippoorwill family, but was some larger. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865] Reference
The whippoorwill walks as awkwardly as a swallow, which is as awkward as. From Wordnik.com. [Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers] Reference
Tonight for the first time this season I heard the small whippoorwill or goatsucker of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806] Reference
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