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spicuously. (Atkinson.) The flickers proved very interesting at 

 the places we visited in eastern Alberta and western Saskatchewan. 

 Both the yellow-shafted and red-shafted were found in typical 

 plumage as well as in all the stages of hybridisation. Nearly pure- 

 blooded birds of both species were found mated together and both 

 were collected from the same brood of young. (A. C. Bent.) 



Order MACROCHIKES. Goatsuckers, 

 Swifts, &c. 



Family XXXV. CAPRIMULGID^. Goatsuckers. 

 CLXXV. ANTROSTOMUS Gould. 1838. 



416. Chuck- Will's- Widow. 



Antrostomus carolinensis (Gmel.) Gould. 1838. 



- I took a male of this species on May 19th, 1906 at Point Pelee, 

 Essex county, Ont. The bird was flushed from the ground and lit 

 in a red cedar, giving an excellent chance to observe it and I was 

 fortunately able to take it. The bird was found about half a mile 

 from the end of the point on the west side. The sexual organs 

 were well developed. (/. H. Fleming.) A detailed account of the 

 taking of a single specimen of this species near Pictou, N.S. is re- 

 corded by Harry Piers in Proc. and Trans, of the N.S. Inst, of Sci., 

 Vol. Vlli., p. 405. 



417. Whip-poor- Will. 



Antrostomus vociferus (Wils.) Bonap. 1838. 



Formerly common but now becoming rare in Nova Scotia. 

 (Doivns.) An occasional summer resident at St. John, N.B. 

 (Chamberlain.) Not common at Scotch lake, York county, N.B. 

 (W. H. Moore.) Rare summer visitor in Quebec. (Dionne.) Tran- 

 sient visitor at Montreal, scarce; this bird is said to be plentiful 

 at St. Jerome, 33 miles north of Montreal. (Wintle.) 



A common summer resident at Ottawa. (Ottawa Naturalist, 

 Vol. V.) Regular migrant at Toronto, Ont., rather rare summer 

 resident; fairly common in Muskoka; I have not met with it in 

 Parry vSound district. (/. H. Fleming.) Common from the Geor- 



