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Order MACROCHIRES.— The Goatsuckers, 

 Swifts, etc. (Page 2.) 



Families. 



rt'. Secondaries more than six ; bill short, vcrj' broad at base, the gape deeply cleft ; 

 plumage not metallic. 

 6". Middle toe much longer than lateral toes, its claw with inner edge pecti- 

 nated ; gape more or less distinctly bristled ; plumage much sjiotted, 

 the feathers soft, with downy or moth-like surlacc. (Suborder Capri- 



muJgi.) Caprimulgidae. (Page 297.) 



4'. Middle toe not distinctly longer than lateral toes, its claw with edge not 

 pectinated; gape without bristles; plumage plain and compact, the 

 feathers with smooth surface. (Suborder Cypseli.) 



Micropodidae. (Page 302.) 

 a'. Secondaries only six ; bill long as head, or longer, slender, the gape not deeply 

 cleft; plumage more or less metallic. (Suborder Trochilil) 



Trochilidae. (Page 303.) 



Family CAPRIMULGID/E.— The Go.\tsuckers. (Page 297.) 



{Eggs deposited on bare ground, dead leaves, gravel, or sand, 2, broadly ellip- 

 tical-oval, plain or spotted.) 



Genera. 



a}. Gape without conspicuous bristles ; tail emarginated. 



Chordeiles. (Page 300.) 

 «'. Gape with conspicuous bristles ; tail even or rounded. 



6'. Tarsus shorter than middle toe, and feathered in front almost to the toes; 



first quill longer than fourth Antrostomus. (Page 298.) 



v. Tarsus longer than middle toe, entirely naked iti front ; first quill shorter 

 than fourth, 

 c'. Tail even, much shorter than wing, the latter less than 00; quills 



without white patch Phalsenoptilus. (Page 299.) 



c'. Tail much rounded, nearly equal to or longer llian wi:ig, the latter 6.00 

 or more; quills with a white patch... Nyctidromus. (Page 300.) 



