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CLXXVI. PHALiENOPTILUS Ridgway. 1880. 



418. Poor-Will. 



Phalcsnoptilus nuttallii (Aud.) Ridgw. 1880. 



Only one pair of these birds was seen in two weeks stay at Kam- 

 loops, B.C., in June, 1889. One was shot in open day but no nest 

 was discovered. The country was open, dry, and arid. {Spread- 

 borough.) From Kamloops south through the Okanagan district 

 of British Columbia. {Fannin.) A tolerably common summer 

 resident throughout the southern portions of the semi-arid interior. 

 {Brooks.) 



CLXXVII. CHORDETLES Swainson. 1831. 

 420. Nighthawk. 



Chordeiles mginianus (Gmel.) Swains. 1831. 



One specimen found dead on Melville island. {Arct. Man.) 

 Stearns records this bird from Natashquan; also obtained by 

 Drexler in August, i860, at Moose Factory, James bay. {Packard.) 

 A summer migrant in Newfoundland. {Reeks.) Common in Nova 

 Scotia. {Downs; Tufts.) Seen at Baddeck and Sydney, Cape 

 Breton island, August, 1898; one seen in the marsh at Brackley 

 point, Prince Edward island, 25th June, 1888. {Macoun.) A few 

 were seen almost every day frequenting the open clearings or sail- 

 ing high in the air while I was on Prince Edward island. {Dwight.) ' 

 An abundant summer resident at St. John, N.B. {Chamberlain.) 

 A common summer resident ; breeds at Scotch Lake, York county, 

 N.B. {W. H. Moore.) Not common in the Restigouche valley, 

 N.B. ; only seen in burnt districts near settlements. {Brittain & 

 Cox.) Taken at Beauport; a common summer resident in Quebec. 

 {Dionne.) Not rare; breeds at Lake Mistassini, northern Quebec. 

 (/. M. Macoun.) A single specimen observed at Fort Churchill, 

 Hudson bay. {Clarke.) York Factory, Hudson bay. {Dr. R. 

 Bell.) One heard, June 27th, at Grand Entry island, one of the 

 Magdalen islands; but none afterwards. {Brewster.) Common 

 summer resident, breeds in Montreal upon the gravelled roofs of 

 houses. {Wintle.) An abundant summer resident. Since the 

 building of houses with gravelled roofs these birds have become 



