300 BULLETIN OF THE 



common the last week in March, as also, according to Mr. Boardman, 

 the least flycatcher (Empidonax minimus). 



Several specimens of the gray king-bird (Tyrannus dominicensis) 

 were obtained by Mr. L. L. Thaxter at St. Augustine, about the first 

 of May. 



ALCEDINID^I. 



66.* Ceryle alcyon Boie. Kingfisher. 

 Abundant. As shy and distrustful here as in the more thickly 

 settled parts of the country. Begins to breed very early. Mr. May- 

 nard saw them forming their holes in the coquina rock, in the banks of 

 the canal connecting Indian River with Mosquito Lagoon, the first week 

 in February. 



CAPRIMULGID^I. 

 67.* Antrostomus carolinensis Gould. Chuokwill's Widow. 

 Abundant. Not observed till about the first of March, when its 

 notes are usually first heard. Said by Audubon to be resident ; which 

 statement is confirmed by the testimony of old residents of the State. 



68* AntrostOmUS VOCiferuS Bonaparte. Whippoorwill. 



Apparentlv not numerous in winter. I heard it once in February, 

 and Mr. Maynard took it at Dummitt's in the same month. The in- 

 habitants along the St. John's agree with Audubon that this species is 

 also a winter resident. 



The night hawk ( Chordeiles popetue * Baird) was collected at Jack- 

 sonville by Mr. Thurston as early as April 20th 



* C'iprimulgus virgininnus Brisson, Orn., II, 477 (in part). 



Caprimulgus popetue Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept., I, 56, pi. Hv, 1807. 



Qtprimuhjus americanus Wilson, Am. Orn., V, 65, pi. cxl, 1812. 



Caprimulgus ( Cliordeiles) virgininnus .Swain., Faun. Ror. Am., II, 62, 1831. 



Chordeiles virginianus Bon., Geog. & Comp. List, 8, 1838. — Gosse, Birds of Ja- 

 maica, 33, 1847. 



Chordeiles snpiti Bonap., Consp. Gen. Avium, I, 63, 1849. — Cassin, 111. N. Am. 

 Birds, 238, 1855. 



Chordeiles brasilinnus Lawr., Ann. X. Y. Lyceum Nat. Hist., V, 114, 1851. 



Oiordeiles Henryi Cassin, 111. N. Am. Birds, 239. — Baihd, Birds N. Am., 153. 



Chordeiles Gundlachii Lawr.. Ann. N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist., VI, 167, 1856. 



Chord, H, s texerisis Lawk., Ibid., 165. — Baird, Birds N. Am.. 154. 



Chordeiles minor Caranis. Journ. fur Orn., 5, 1856. 



Chordeiles popetue Baihd, Birds X. Am., 151. 

 This widely distributed species presents only the usual variations in size and color 



