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B. 98a. R. 378a. C. — . G. 175. U. —. 

 ( Colaptes auratus hybridus ( Baikd ) Ridgw. " Hybrid " Flicker. Dropped 

 from the A. 0. U. list.) 



B. 98. R. 3786. C. 459. G. 176. U. 413. 

 161. Colaptes cafer (Gmel.). Red-shafted Flicker. Resident; rare in eastern 

 Kansas. Begin laying the first of May. Nesting habits and eggs similar to 

 C. auratus. 



Order MAGROCHIRES. Goatsuckers, 

 Swifts, etc. 



Suborder CAPRIMULGl. Goatsuckers, etc. 



Family CAPRIMULGID^. Goatsuckers, etc. 



Genus ANTROSTOMUS Gould. 



B. 112. R. 354. C. 397. G. 163. U. 417. 



162. Antrostomus vociferus (Wils.). Whip-poor-will. Summer resident; 

 rare; quite common in migration. Arrive the first of May. Begin laying the 

 last of May. Make no nest. Eggs, two, laid in a depression on the ground, 

 among the leaves, in thickets and heavily-wooded lands; are said to average 

 1.25X.88; one set, all I have to examine, measure only 1.09x.80, 1.12x.78; 



» cream white, irregularly spotted and mottled with lavender and pale brown; in 

 form elliptical. 



Genus PHAL^NOPTILUS Ridgway. 



B. 113. R. 355. C. 398. G. 164. U. 418. 



163. Phalsenoptilus nuttalli (Aud.). Poor-will. Summer resident; common. 

 Arrive early in May. To be looked for on the high prairies and rocky grounds 

 along the banks of streams. Begin laying the last of May. Eggs, two; 

 1.05X.80; white, unspotted; laid upon the bare ground, in the thick growths at 

 the edge of the timber; also at the roots of a bunch of bushes or briers, upon 

 the prairies; in form elliptical. 



Genus CHORDEILBS Swainson. 



B. 114. R. 357. C. 399. G. 165. U. 420. 



164. Chordeiles virginianus (Gmel.). Nighthawk. Summer resident; com- 

 mon in eastern and middle Kansas. Arrive the first to middle of May. Begin 

 laying the last of May. Eggs, two; 1.22x.82; grayish white, thickly mottled all 

 over with varied tints of lilac, purple and yellowish brown; are laid upon the 

 ground on the prairies in bare, open and exposed situations; in form elliji- 

 tical. 



