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breeding from 5,000 to 10,000 feet, and migrating commonly in the 
foothills even to Cheyenne, so it may occasionally reach Nebraska also 
during migrations. 
ORDER XIV. MACROCHIRES—Goarsuckers, SwIrts, ‘ETC. 
A. Bill slender and long, gape narrow; plumage metallic... ....Trochilide. 
A. Bill short and broad at base; gape very wide; plumage non-metallic. (B) 
B. Middle toe pectinated and longer than others....... Caprimulgide. 
B. Middle toe not pectinate nor longer than others. .. ..Micropodide. 
Famity CAPRIMULGID2—GoarsuckeErs, NIGHTHAWKS, BTC. 
1. Middle of primaries with a conspicuous white bar; tail forked; rictal 
bristles very small. Be rch see . (2) 
1. Middle of primaries without a nice See fail pandedye or square; sel 
bristles long. ..... . se = (3) 
2. Darkest. Black pens romiadeah eons: ean in excess of 
the brown and gray ae bee the blackish bars below mostly 
COMPELS ie! oo : . Nighthawk. 
2. Paler. Gray and “aioe in excess or Carl foun Scare the white 
on wing, tail and throat more extensive, below often washed 
with rusty. se Ghine see . Western Nighthawk, 
2. Palest. Pale hone gray Peden anne Eee the white below 
greatly in excess of the narrow, irregular or broken, dark bars, 
and little or no rufous feathers.............Sennett Nighthawk. 
3. Tarsus feathered; tail rounded, the 3 outer feathers white tipped for over 
BOMUMNGHY serge ooh. Ss St Ae . Whippoorwill. 
3. Tarsus raed Real even, eae 3 orien Sertnens ate tipped for less than 
UMMC Ieee) 2 ts oc ss Ean) 
4. Darker, the pote poler a upper cena aoe da gray, Sateen 
barred with black; below barred with blackish and buffy; chin 
and cheeks biaciaeh Te es hte ipocewait 
4. Paler, the ground color of upper face sence cher ‘Taxwely frosty 
white, with the dark markings fewer and sharper; the bars 
beneath finer and paler, less conspicuous; chin and cheeks faded 
Berton Wot wake t debe et onde el. Lo eested Poorwall 
417. *Antrostomus vociferus (Wilson) —WHIPPOORWILL. 
Uncommon summer resident and breeder along the Missouri river, 
more rarely westward over about the eastern half of state. Omaha, 
Peru, Nebraska City, Neligh—breeding. Noted also, but not breed- 
ing, at Lincoln, West Point, Thomas county—rare. Arrives the last 
week in April, breeds from the middle of May to well into June, 
leaves late in September. 
418. *Phalaenoptilus nuttallii (Audubon)—PoorwI11u. 
Western part of state, common; breeding in the canyons of Sioux 
county and east at least to Long Pine canyon, probably across the 
state northward. 
