Now he is up and away again, but you see he keeps circling in the sky." "Does he build in chimneys ?" asked Dodo.
"The Nighthawk does not build any nest; the eggs are laid on bare ground or rock in an open field--occasionally on a house-top.

Strange as this seems, the parent birds are so near the color of earth and rock that it is very difficult to find them when they are sitting, the young when hatched are equally invisible, and the eggs themselves look like two little stones--for there are never more than two.

I will show you a Nighthawk in my cabinet, and you will see for yourselves how nicely the colors match ground and rocks." "He looks like a pretty big bird," said Dodo.

"How long is he?
Is there only one in his family ?" "He has a brother called the Whip-poor-will, that we should meet very soon." The Nighthawk Length ten inches.
Mottled black and rusty above.

Barred on the under parts with black and white or buff.