BIEDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 575 



Chordeiles virginianus minor Stejneger, Auk, ii, April, 1885, 182, part.— Ameri- 

 can Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 4206, part. 



C[hordeiles] virginianus minor Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 301, part. 



[Chordiles popetue] chnpmani Coues, Auk, v, Jan., 1888, 37 (Gainesville, Florida, 

 coll. Frank M. Chapman; ex Sennett, manuscript). 



Chordeiles virginianus chapmani Scott, Auk, v, April, 1888, 186 (Tarpon Springs, 

 Florida; descr. eggs and downy young); vi, 1889, 252 (Tarpon Springs, Punta 

 Raasa, and Key West, Florida); vii, 1890, 310 (Dry Tortugas, Florida, April); 

 ix, 1892, 212 (Caloosahatchie R., Florida, breeding).— Chapman, Auk, v, 

 1888, 272 (Gainesville, Florida), 396.— American Ornithologists' Union 

 Committee, Suppl. to Check List, 1889, 22; Abridged Check List, 1889, 37; 

 Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 4206; 3rd ed., 1910, 199.— Wayne, Auk, x, 

 1893, 337 (Suwanee R., n. w. Florida, April 5); xii, 1895, 365 (Aucilla R., 

 n. w. Florida, breeding). — Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, (ii), 1895, 170, 

 pi. 3, figs. 5, 6 (eggs). 



C\hordeiles'\ virginianus chapmani Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 598, 



{Chordeiles virginianus. "] Subsp. /?. Chordeiles chapmani Hartert, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus., xvi, 1892, 613. 



Ch{ordeiles'\ virginianus chapmani Hartert, Tierreich, Podarg., Caprim., Macropt., 

 1897, 19. 



[Chordeiles^ chapmani Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 79. 



Chordeiles virginianus (not Caprimulgus virginianus Gmelin) Barrows, Auk, i, 

 1884, 24 (Concepcion, Uruguay). — Coombs, Auk, ix, 1892, 205 (Louisiana, 

 breeding).— Beyer, Proc. La. Soc. Nat. for 1897-99 (1900), 103 (Louisiana, 

 breeding). — ^W'illiams (R. W.), Auk, xxi, 1904, 456 (Leon Co., n. w. Florida, 

 breeding; habits). — Allison, Auk, xxi, 1904, 478 (Baton Rouge Parish, 

 Louisiana, breeding).- — Stockard, Auk, xxii, 1905, 156 (breeding habits in 

 Mississippi). 



CHORDEILES VIRGINIANUS VICINUS Riley. 

 BAHAMA NIGHTHAWK. 



Similar to C. v. chapmani but wing and tail decidedly shorter, 

 general coloration of upper parts lighter, and posterior under parts 

 more strongly tinged with buff. 



AduUmale.— Wing, 162.5-183 (170.2); tail, 92-103 (96.8) ; exposed 

 cuhnen, 6.1-7.8 (6.7); tarsus, 13-14.8 (13.4); middle toe, 1.3-15 

 (13.9).<^ 



Adult female.— Wing, 160.5-184.5 (173.2); tail, 91-102.5 (97.7); 

 exposed culmen, 6.1-7.5 (6.7); tarsus, 12.5-14.8 (13.4); middle toe, 

 13-15 (M.!).*^ 



Bahama Islands (Abaco; Abaco Keys; Great Bahama; Andros; 

 South Andros; Great Inagua; Acklin Island ; WatHng Island ; Eleu- 

 thera; Fortune Island; Grassy Cay; Long Island; Moraine Cay; 

 New Providence; Stranger Cay; Sugar Loaf Cay); winter range 

 unknown. 



Chordeiles popetue (not Caprimulgus popeiv£ Vieillot) Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. 

 N. H., vii, 1859, 108 (Bahamas, summer resident).- Albrecht, Joum. fiir 

 Orn., :J861, 52 (Bahamas). 

 Chordeiles minor (not Chordcdiles minor Cabanis) Cory, Birds Bahama Is., 1880, 

 106 (Inagua); Auk, iii, 1886, 340, part (Bahamas); viii, 1891, 350 (Great 

 Bahama; Abaco); Birds West Ind., 1889, 135, part; Cat. West Ind. Birds, 



o Ten specimens. 



