574 BULLETIT^ 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Chordeiles virginianus henryi Stejneger, Auk, ii, 1885, 182, part. — American 



Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886 (and 2d ed., 1895), no. 420a, part; 



3d ed., 1910, 198, part.— Rhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. PMla., 1892, 107 



(Corpus Christi, Texas). 

 C[hordeiles] v[irginianus] henryi Bailey (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 



1902, 227, part. 

 [Chordeiles] henryi Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 79, part. 

 Chordeiles virginianus aserriensis Cherrie, Auk, xiii, April, 1896, 136 (San Jose, 



Costa Rica; coll. G. K. Cherrie). — Oberholser, Bull. 86, U. S. Nat. Mus., 



1914, 71. 

 Ch[ordeiles] virginianus aserriensis Hartert, Tierreich, Podarg., Caprim., 



Macropt., 1897,99. 

 [Chordeiles] aserriensis Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 79 (Costa Rica; Nicaragua). 

 Chordeiles virginianus (not Caprimulgus virginianus Gmelin) Salvin and Godman, 



Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1894, 396, part. 



CHORDEILES VIRGINIANUS CHAPMANI (Coues). 



FLORIDA NIGHTHAWK. 



Similar in coloration to C. v. virginianus but decidedly smaller. 



Adult male.— Length (before skinning), 223-232 (227) «; wing, 

 178-192 (184.1); tail, 99-110.5 (105); exposed culmen, 4.8-7 (6.3); 

 tarsus, 12.5-15.5 (13.9); middle toe, 13-15.8 (14.2).^ 



Adult female. — Length (before skinning), 210-235 (223) ''; wing, 

 172.5-184.5 (179.4); tail, 99-108.5 (103.2); exposed culmen, 5-7.5 

 (6.3); tarsus, 13.2-15 (14); middle toe, 13.8-15.8 (14.4).*^ 



Southeastern United States, breeding from southern Florida and 

 along Gulf coast to eastern Texas (Bowie County; Galveston Island; 

 Hardin County; Sabine County) and northward to central Arkansas 

 (Stuttgart; Delight),^ southeastern Illinois (Mount Carmel), south- 

 western Kentucky (Hickman), central Alabama (Coosada; Greens- 

 boro), and middle and eastern North Carolina (Kaleigh; Fort Macon) ; 

 migrates southward through Yucatan, Nicaragua, and Costa Kica 

 (Rio Sicsola, Sept. 24 and 26; MravaUes, May 27), wintering m South 

 America, from Colombia (40 miles offshore 200 miles from Panama) 

 as far southward as Uruguay (Concepcion) , northern Argentina 

 (Ysca Yacu, Province of Santiago), and west-central Brazil (Chapada, 

 Matto Grosso). 



Chordeiles popetu£ (not Caprimulgus popetue Vieillot) Merriam, Am. Nat., viii, 



1874, 88 (St. Johns and Ocklawaha rivers, Florida, breeding). 

 Chordeiles popetue, var. minor (not Chordeiles minor Cabanis) Baird, Brewer, 



and RiDGWAY, Hist. N. Am. Birds, iii, 1874, 520 (Miami, Florida; not of 



vol. ii, 400). 

 Chordeiles popetue minor Smith (G.), Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, v, Jan., 1880, 54 



(Homosassa R., Florida). — Ridgwat, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 188, 



219; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 3576. 

 Chordediles popetue minor Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 401. 

 C[hordediles] p[opetue] minor Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 454. 



d Ten specimens. °- Two specimens. 



& Fourteen specimens. « Probably also to southeastern Missouri. 



c Eleven specimens. 



