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Genus ANTROSTOMUS. 



Nostril oval, surrounded by a raised rim which, however, is not pro- 

 duced into a distinct tube ; rictal bristles very long and conspicuous ; 

 tail slightly rounded, shorter than the wing ; tarsus not so long as the 

 middle toe, and feathered in front nearly to the base of the toes ; 

 plumage soft and mottled, tawny and black. 



Two species in the United States. 



Whip-poor-will. Antrostomus vociferus. 



A.O.U. Checklist no 417— Colorado Record— Burnett 04, p. 278. 



Description. — Male — Above finely mottled and marbled with dusky, 

 tawny and grey, a few black marks on the crown and back ; primaries 

 dusky with tawny spots almost forming bars ; throe outer tail-feathers 

 dusky with the terminal third white ; below mottled like the back, 

 becoming paler and more mixed with white posteriorly ; a white throat 

 bar ; iris and bill black, legs dusky. Length 10-2 ; wings 6-4 ; tail 

 5-lo ; cuhnen -44 ; tarsus -6. 



The female is smaller — wing 6-2 ; the throat bar is tawny, and the 

 white of the tail is much reduced and ochraceous ; the general tone is 

 lighter and more ochrey. 



Distribution. — Eastern North America from Manitoba and New 

 Brunswick south through eastern Nebraska and Kansas to Texas ; 

 in winter, south to the West Indies and Guatemala. 



A straggler to Colorado : only once recorded. A single example, 

 greatly emaciated but in good plumage, was found dead in an orchard 

 near Fort Colhns by Mrs. R. J. Tenny, about September 14th, 1903. 

 It was determined at Washington to be this species, and is now pre- 

 served in the Museum of the Agricultural College at Fort Colhns. 



Genus PHAL/ENOPTILUS. 



Nostrils tubular and cyUndrical, opening rather forwards ; rictal 

 bristles well developed ; tail rather short and slightly rounded ; tarsus 

 bare except just at the joint, longer than the middle toe without claw. 



One species only in the United States, with two additional subspecific 

 geographical races. 



A. Darker and more richly coloured. P. nuttaJIi, p. 243. 



B. Paler and more silvery. P. n. nitidus, p. 245. 



Poor-will. Phaloenoptilus nuttalli. 



A.O.U. Checklist no 418— Colorado Records— Allen 72, pp. 151, 179 ; 

 Aiken 72, p. 206 ; Henshaw 75, p. 369 ; Allen & Brewster 83, p. 195 ; 

 Drew 85, p. 17 ; Beckham 85, p. 143 ; Morrison 89, p. 145 ; Kellogg 



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