168 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH, AMERICAN BIRDS. 
OrDER MACROCHIRES. GoaTSuCKERs, 
SWIFTS, ETC. 
SUBORDER CAPRIMULGI. GOoOATSUCKERS, ETC. 
Famity CAPRIMULGIDZE. GoaTSucKERS, ETC. 
Genus ANTROSTOMUS Gou Lp. 
Antrostomus GOULD, Icones Avium, 1838. Type, Caprimulgus 
carolinensis GMEL. 
416. Antrostomus carolinensis (GMEL.). 
Chuck-will’s-widow. 
Caprimulgus carolinensis GMEL. S. N. I. li. 1788, 1028. 
Antrostomus carolinensis GOULD, Icones Avium, 1838. 
[Berit (C264, Bias) Coso6.) 
Geoc. Dist.— South Atlantic and Gulf States, from Virginia south 
through eastern Mexico to Central America ; Cuba. North, in the 
interior, to southern Illinois and Kansas. Accidental in Massachu- 
setts. 
417. Antrostomus vociferus (WILS.). 
Whip-poor-will. 
Caprimulgus vociferus Wits. Am. Orn. V. 1812, 71, pl. 41, figs. 1-3. 
Antrostomus vociferus BoNap. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 8. 
[B 112, C 265, R 354, C 397-] 
Geoc. Dist.— Eastern North America to the Plains, and from 
Lat. 50° south to Guatemala. 
