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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMEUICA. 



FAMILY CAPRIMULQID^. 



Night=hawks, Whip=poor=wins, etc. 



Feet, small and weak; mouth, very large; bill, small; middle toe 

 nail, with fine comb=like edge; front toes, connected at base. 



A baud of wliite on the wing; tail feathers, not tipped with wliite. 



Night=hawk. 



Chonleilos virgiiiianus, and races. 

 See No. 337. 



No white on the wing: primaries, banded with rufous brown ana Idaek; ^ving, 

 over 7.50. Chuck=will's=widow. 



Antrostomns carolinensis. 

 See No. 335. 



Chuck-will's-widow 



No white on wing; 

 outer tall feathers. 

 broadly tipped 

 with white : wing, 

 under 7 .50. 



Whip-poor-will. 

 Antrostoni u s voc iferus . 

 See No. 336. 



