576 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



1892, 105, part (Great Bahama, Abaco, New Providence, Andros, Fortune, 

 Acklin, and Great Inagua islands, Bahamas). — Northrop, Auk, viii, 1891, 

 72 (Andros I.; habits).— Bonhote, Ibis, 1899, 514 (New Providence); 1903, 

 292 (Andros I.; habits).— Bangs, Auk, xvii, 1900, 288 (Nassau, New Provi- 

 dence). 



[Chordeiles] minor Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 16, part (Bahamas). 



Chordeiles virginianus vicinus Kiley, Auk, xx, Oct., 1903, 432 (Long Island, 

 Bahamas; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); xxii, 1905, 355.— Allen, (G. M.), Auk, xxii, 

 1905, 126 (New Providence; Moraine Cay; Great Bahama). — Worthington, 

 Ann. Carnegie Mus., vii, 1911, 455 (Andros and Abaco islands). 



CHORDEILES VIRGINIANUS MINOR (Cabanis). 



CUBAN NIGHTHAWK. 



Similar to C. v. vicinus but wing and tail shorter and coloration 

 darker; lighter markings of upper parts coarser, more ochraceous or 

 tawny, and under parts more buffy, the posterior portions strongly so. 



Adult male.— Wing, 159-174 (168); tail 89-97.5 (93.5); exposed 

 cubnen, 6.1-8 (6.6); tarsus, 12.5-14.1 (13.4); middle toe, 13-14.2 

 (13.9).« 



Adult female. — Length (before skinning), 218;^ wing, 160-174.5 

 (168.7); tail, 89.5-103 (95.3); exposed culmen, 6-7 (6.7); tarsus, 

 12-14.1 (13.3); middle toe, 13.1-14.9 (13.9)." 



Cuba (includmg Isle of Pines), Jamaica, Haiti, and Porto Eico, 

 Greater Antilles. 



Chordeiles virginianus (not Caprimulgtis virginianus Gmelin) Gosse, Birds Jamaica, 

 1847, 33.— Lembeye, Aves de la Isla de Cuba, 1850, 51, pi. 4, fig, 3 (in part, at 

 least). 



Chordediles minor Cabanis, Joum. fiir Om., iv, Jan., 1856, 5 (Cuba).— Gundlach, 

 Joum. ftir Om., 18G1, 411 (crit.). 



C[hordediles] minor Caeanis, Mus. Hein., iii, 1860, 86 (Cuba). — Newton (A. and 

 E.), Handb. Jamaica, 1881, 109 (Jamaica). 



[Chordediles] minor Heine and Reichenow, Nom. Mus. Hein. Om., 1890, 191 

 (Cuba). 



Chordeiles minor Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., vii, 1860, 262 (Cuba; synonymy; 

 crit.). — Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1861, 77 (Jamaica; crit.); 1866, 

 133 (monogr.); Gat. Am. Birds, 1862, 279 (Jamaica); Jom-n. furOrn., 1867, 

 263; Ibis, 1867, 107 (Trinidad; crit.); Rev. List Birds Jamaica, 1910, 10.— 

 Albrecht, Journ. fiir Om., 1861, 204 (Cuba); 1862, 199 (Jamaica).— March, 

 Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 286 (Jamaica).— Gundlach, Journ. fur Om., 

 1874, 117 (Cuba; habits), 311 (Porto Rico); 1878, 160 (Porto Rico), 172 

 (Porto Rico; crit.).— Cory, Birds Haiti and San Dom., 1885, 85; Auk, iii, 

 1886, 340, part; Bii'ds West Ind., 1889, 135, part; Cat. West. Ind. Birds, 1892, 

 105, part (Cuba; Isle of Pines; Jamaica; Haiti).— Scott, Auk, ix, 1892, 276 

 (Jamaica, April-Oct.).— Field, Auk, xi, 1894, 125 (Port Henderson, Jamaica). 

 —Christy, Ibis, 1897, 328 (La Vega, Santo Domingo; habits).— Verrill 

 (A. E. and A. H.), Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1909, 360 (Santo Domingo). 



[Chordeiles] minor Gundlach, Joum. fur Om. , 1861, 330 (Cuba).— Gray, Hand-list, 

 i, 1869, 61, no. 701.— Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 96 

 (Jamaica).— Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 16, part.— Sharpe, Hand-list, 

 ii, 1900, 79. 



o- Ten specimens. ^ One specimen. c Nine specimens. 



