160 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 221 



Family CAPRIMULGIDAE: Goatsuckers 



Genus CHORDEILES Swainson 



Chordelles rupestris xyostictus Oberholser 



U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 86:23 (in key), 116, April 6, 1914. 

 16599. Adult male. "Bogota," Colombia. Entered into the museum 



register on February 17, 1860. Received from Walter Evans. 

 Chordeiles rupestris zaleucus Oberholser 



U.S. Nat. Mus. BuU. 86:23 (in key), 118, April 6, 1914. 

 =Chordeiles rupestris rupestris (Spix). See Peters, Checklist of birds 



of the world 4: 186, 1940. 

 55318. Adult female. Pebas (at the confluence of the Rio Ambiyacu 



with the Rio Maraiion), Colombia or Peru (contested territory). 



Entered into the museum register in May or June 1869, therefore col- 

 lected during Orton's expedition of 1867. Collected by James Orton. 



Original number 275. Received from the WiUiams College Lyceum of 



Natural History. 

 Chordeiles acutipeniiis inferior Oberholser 



U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 86: 24 (in key), 109, April 6, 1914. 

 113100. Adult male. Triunfo, State of Baja California, Mexico. June 



14, 1887. Collected by Martin A. Frazar. Received from William 



Brewster. 

 Chordeiles acutipennis micromeris Oberholser 



U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 86: 24 (in key), 100, April 6, 1914. 

 213142. Adult male. Xbac, State of Yucatan, Mexico. April 1910. 



Collected by George F. Gaumer. Original number 289 A. 

 Chordeiles peruviaiius Peale 



U.S. Explormg Expedition 8 (Mamm. and Orn.) : 172, "pi. XLVin, fig. 



2," 1848. 

 =Chordeiles acutipennis exilis (Lesson). See Oberholser, U.S. Nat. 



Mus. Bull. 86: 98, 1914. 

 14325. Adult male. Near Callao, Province of Callao, Peru. July 1839. 



Original number 511. U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). 

 This form was based upon at least two cotypes; the second, USNM 14616, 

 is now in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, where it is No. 75697. 

 [Chordiles popetue] Sennelli Coues 



Auk 5 (1) : 37, January 1888. 

 =Chordeiles minor sennetti (Coues). See Peters, Checklist of birds of 



the world 4: 187, 1940. 

 65490. Adult male. "50 M. W. Pembina Mts." (not Pembina, Minn.) = 



United States-Canadian Boundary at about the center of Towner County, 



North Dakota. July 16, 1873. Collected by Elliott Coues. Original 



number 3301. Northern Boundary Survey. 

 On the back of the original label in Coues's hand appears "A type of the 

 species." A specimen from Wharton County, Texas (formerly in the col- 



