I06 BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



probability it would be the bird. From some reason, perhaps 

 because the bird was not bloodthirsty that night, he did not appear, 

 and so I was unable to determine its species. From the descriptions 

 of the bird that were given me, I believed it to be the present 

 sjoecies, and my belief was strengthened by the fact that the inhabit- 

 ants of Andros Island seemed to know it by that name ; but the 

 natives of Inagua say that it perches itself on a tree soon after dark, 

 and repeatedly utters a cry commencing loudl}^, then softly to itself 

 before again uttering its loud note, thus: Coo-cu-cu-cu-cu-cu - 

 Coo. This note does not at all resemble the cry of A. Carollnaisis, 

 while it does resemble very much that of i\\(t Nyctibius jaiuaiccusis, 

 as described by Gosse ; and it is possible that the Inagua bird 

 may be that species. 



CHORDEILES MIXOR. Cab. 

 Little Nighthawk. 



Local A^avic. — Pira-mi-dink. 



Adiilt Male. — Above, dark brown, variegated with white and 

 tawny; under parts, tawny, banded with brown; throat, tawny, 

 becoming whitish on the breast; a white line from sides of the 

 throat to chin ; first two primaries with a spot on the inner web, 

 and the second and third with a band of white; edge of corpus 

 white. 



Length 7, wing 6.40, tail 3.70, bill .28, tarsus .44. 



