220 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



GENUS PHAL-S5NOPTILUS R IDG WAY. 



Phalanoptilus RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. March 27, 1880, 5. 

 Type, Caprimulgus nuttalli AUD. 



418. Fhalaenoptilus nuttalli (AUD.). 



Poor-will. 



Caprimulgus nuttalli AUD. B. Am. VII. 1843, 350, pi. 495. 

 Phalcsnoptilus tiuttalti RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. 1880, 5. 



[B 113, C 266, R 355, C 398.] 



HAB. Western United States, from the Pacific coast eastward to 

 Eastern Nebraska and Eastern Kansas, south to Southern Mexico. 



GENUS NYCTIDROMUS GOULD. 



Nyctidromus GOULD, Icones Avium, II. 1838, pi. ii. Type, N. derby a- 

 nus GOULD = Caprimulgus albicollis GMEL. 



419. Nyctidromus albicollis (GMEL.). 



Parauque. 



Caprimulgus albicollis GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 1030. 

 Nyctidromus albicollis BUKM. Th. Bras. II. 1856, 389. 



[B- C-, R 35 6, C 395 .] 



HAB. Valley of the Lower Rio Grande, south through Central and 

 most of South America. 



GENUS CHORDEILES SWAINSON. 



CJwrdeUes SWATNS. Fauna Bor. Am. II. 1831, 496. Type, Capri- 

 mulgus virginianus GMEL. 



420. Chordeiles virginianus (GMEL.). 



Nighthawk. 



Caprimulgus virginianus GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 1028. 

 Chordeiles virginianus SWAINS. Fauna Bor. Am. II. 1831, 496. 



[B 114, G 267, R 357, C 399.] 



HAB. Northern and Eastern North America, east of the Great 

 Plains, south through tropical America to Buenos Ayres. 



