LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 363 
ORDER MACROCHIRES. 
Goatsuckers, Swifts, etc. 
Suborder CAPRIMULGI. Goatsuckers. 
FAMILY CAPRIMULGIDZAE. Goatsuckers. 
ie OME Genus ANTROSTOMUS. Gou.p. 
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335 (416) ANTROSTOMUS CAROLINENSIS. (GmMeEL.) Chuck-will’s-widow. 
Southern United States; from Virginia to Mexico, and Cuba, Jamaica, 
and Porto Rico; casual to southern Illinois; accidental in Massa- 
chusetts. 
336 (417) ANTROSTOMUS VOCIFERUS. (WiLs.) Whip-poor-will. 
Eastern and southern North America; from about latitude 50° to 
Mexico and Porto Rico; a common species in localities in New 
England, Lllinois, ete. 
Genus CHORDEILES. Swarns. 
337 (420) CHORDEILES VIRGINIANUS. (GMEL.) Nighthawk. 
Eastern North America; from the plains to the Atlantic, and from 
Labrador to the West Indies and South America; breeds from 
southern United States northward. 
338 (420a) Chordeiles virginianus henryi. (Cass.) Western Nighthawk. 
Western race; once recorded from Illinois; it is paler, and the back is 
more gray and buff. 
339 (420c) Chordeiles virginianus chapmani. (SENNETT.) Florida Nighthawk. 
A small southern race; resident in Florida and along the Gulf coast ; 
it is somewhat paler in coloration, and decidedly smaller. 
Suborder CYPSELI. Swifts. 
FAMILY MICROPODIDAZ. Swifts. 
Subfamily CHAETURINAE. Swifts. 
Genus CHZETURA.  Srepu. 
340 (423) CH4ETURA PELAGICA. (Lixy.) Chimney Swift. 
Eastern North America; north to Labrador, and in winter south to 
Mexico; breeds from the Gulf States northward. 
