Catalog ID: History H-1977.74.114

Object Name: Painting

Species Illustrated: Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor), Whip-Poor-Will (Caprimulgus vociferus vociferus)

Object Type: Art

Date Made: 1908-1912

Artist: Louis Agassiz Fuertes

Materials: watercolor on illustration board

Measurements: 14 1/2 in x 10 1/8 in

Physical Description: Illustrated to 1/2 and 1/3 natural size; shows a Nighthawk male flying overhead and a male Whip-poor-will sitting on a nest; natural setting camouflaged in leafy, rocky setting; signed lower right corner.

published description (caption): Nighthawk Chordeiles virginianus virginianus (Gmelin) / Male 1/3 nat. size // Whip-Poor-Will Antrostomus vociferous vociferus (Wilson) / Male 1/2 nat. size (Eaton, E.H.: 1914)

Publications: Eaton, Elon Howard, 1914, New York State Museum Memoir 12, Volume 2 (published illustration: Plate 65)

Source: New York State Museum Science Services via Dr. Reilly