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Order MACROCHIRES. — The Goatsuckers, 



Swifts, etc. (Page 2.) 



Families. 



a}. Secondaries more than six ; bill short, very broad at base, the gape deeply cleft ; 

 plumage not metallic. 

 6^ Middle toe much longer than lateral toes, its claw with inner edge pecti- 

 nated ; gape more or less distinctly bristled ; plumage much spotted, 

 the feathers soft, with downy or moth-like surface. (Suborder Capri- 



7nulgi.) Caprimulgidse. (Page 297.) 



b^. Middle toe not distinctly longer than lateral toes, its claw with edge not 

 pectinated ; gape without bristles ; plumage plain and compact, the 

 feathers with smooth surface. (Suborder Cypseli.) 



Micropodidse. (Page 302.) 

 a'. Secondaries only six ; bill long as head, or longer, slender, the gape not deeply 

 cleft ; plumage more or less metallic. (Suborder Trochili.) 



Trochilidse. (Page 303.) 



Family CAPRIMULGIDiE.— The Goatsuckers. (Page 297.) 



{Eggs deposited on bare ground, dead leaves, gravel, or sand, 2, broadly ellip- 

 tical-oval, plain or spotted.) 



Genera. 



a^. Gape without conspicuous bristles ; tail emarginated. 



Chordeiles. (Page 300.) 

 a^. Gape with conspicuous bristles ; tail even or rounded. 



b^. Tarsus shorter than middle toe, and feathered in fi'ont almost to the toes ; 



first quill longer than fourth Antrostomus. (Page 298.) 



¥. Tarsus longer than middle toe, entirely naked in front ; first quill shorter 

 than foui'th. 

 &. Tail even, much shorter than wing, the latter less than 6.00 ; quills 



without white patch Phalsenoptilus. (Page 299.) 



c^ Tail much rounded, neai'ly equal to or longer than wing, the latter 6.00 

 or more; quills with a white patch... Nyctidromus. (Page 300.) 



