326 GOATSUCKERS. 



GOATSUCKERS. 



Long-winged birds with small bills, 

 wide gape, large eyes, small feet; colors 

 dull and inconspicuous, when perching on 

 trees sit longitudinally. Food, insects. 



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VVhip-poor-wi] 



253. CHUCK-WILL'S WIDOW. 



Large, L3, mixed reddish brown and 

 black; yellow-red crescent on throat; patch 

 on three outher tail feathers, buff below 

 white above, fig. 261. Female, lacks the 

 crescent on throat and white on tail. Breeds 

 from Va. southward through South Atlantic 

 and Gulf States, winters in Cuba, eastern 



