Goatsuckers. 



4 I 6. Chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis). 



L. 12. Mouth bristles with fine, hair-like branches 

 near their base. Ad. <j\ End half of outer tail- 

 feathers white, rusty, and black on outer webs; chin chiefly 

 rusty; throat-patch buffy. Ad. ?. No white in tail. 

 Notes. A loudly whistled chuck-will' s-widow, repeated 

 many times. 



Range.— South Atlantic and Gulf ^States; breeds north to Virginia 

 and Illinois: west to Kansas and central Texas; winters from southern 

 Florida southward. 



417. Whip-poor-will (Antrostomns 

 9.7. Mouth bristles without branches. 



voci ferns). L. 



Ad. J 1 . Three 

 outer tail-feathers broadly tipped with white; white on 

 inner vane of outer feather 1.4 or more wide; throat 

 patch white; chin chiefly black. Ad. 9. Three outer 

 tail-feathers narrowly tipped with rusty buff; throat 

 patch rusty buff. Notes. A rapid, vigorous, whistled 

 wbip'poor-ziill, repeated many times. 



Ranee. — Eastern North America, west to the Plains; breeds from 

 Gulf States north to New Brunswick and Manitoba; winters from 

 Gulf States southward. 



417a. Stephens Whip-poor-will (A. v. macromy- 

 stax). Similar to No. 417, but slightly larger, W. 6.5; 

 mouth bristles much longer; male with throat-patch 

 rusty; white on inner web of outer feather less than 1.3 

 wide. 



Range.— "Arizona, New Mexico, and 

 over mountains bordering tablelands 

 (Bailey.) 



southwestern Texas, south 

 of Mexico to Guatemala." 



418. Poor-will (Phalamoptilus nuttallii). L. 7.7. 

 Primaries rusty barred with black. Ad. rj". Three 

 outer tail-feathers evenly tipped with white; a large 

 white throat patch; plumage above suggesting in color 

 the wings of certain moths. Ad. 9. Similar, but tail- 

 tips buffy. Notes. Variously rendered poor-will, cow- 

 day, pearl-rob-tt, puir-tvhee-er. 



Range. — Western United States: breeds from Kansas, Nebraska, 

 and Dakota west to eastern slope of Sierra Nevadas: north to Mon- 

 tana and British Columbia; winters from Mexican border southward. 



4 18a. Frosted Poor-will (T. n. nitidus). Similar 

 to No. 418, but paler, the upperparts especially whiter, 

 more frosty. 



Range. — "Texas to Arizona and from western Kansas south to 

 northern Mexico," (Bailey.) Lower Califort ia. 



('P. ;/. califomicus). 



4 18b. California Poorwill 



Similar to No. 418, but darker. 



Range.— Breeds on coast of California, north to Butte County; 

 winters from southern California southward. 



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