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Canadian cuckoo 
the whip-poor-will, Antrostomus vociferus.
- 1822 The Canadian Cuckoo is not the bird that bears that appellation in England but has obtained the name here from an imitation of the sound of that word.
- 1846 A bird, called Whip-poorÂ-will, is called the Canadian cuckoo . . . from the very distinct manner in which it pronounces the words.
- 1822 The Canadian Cuckoo is not the bird that bears that appellation in England but has obtained the name here from an imitation of the sound of that word.