ORDER MACROCHIRES. 197 



6. Antrostomus vociferus macromystax (WAGLER). Stephens 's Whip- 

 poor-will. [417a.] 



Caprimulgus macromystax WAGLER, Isis, XXIV, 1831, 533. (Mexico.) 



RANGE. Southern Arizona, New Mexico, and southwestern Texas south 

 through the mountains of northern Mexico; in winter south to Guatemala. 



GENUS PHAL-fflNOPTILUS RIDGWAY. 



Phalcenoptilus RIDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 1880, 5. Type, by 

 orig. desig., Caprimulgus nuttallii AUDUBON. 



Phalaenoptilus nuttalli (AUDUBON). 



RANGE. Central and western North America from the Plains 

 westward to California, and from southeastern British Columbia 

 south, in winter, to central Mexico. 



a. Phalanoptilus nuttalli nuttalli (AUDUBON). Poor-will. [418. 



Caprimulgus nuttallii AUDUBON, Birds Amer., VII, 1844, 350, pi. 495. 

 (Upper Missouri, between Fort Pierre and mouth of Cheyenne River, 

 South Dakota.) 



RANGE. Western North America. Breeds in Transition and Upper Son- 

 oran zones from southeastern British Columbia, northwestern North Dakota, 

 and southern South Dakota south to southern Arizona, northern Coahuila, 

 and southern Texas; west to eastern California east of the Sierra; winters 

 from southeastern California and southern Texas to central Mexico. 



b. Phalaenoptilus nuttalli nitidua BREWSTER. Frosted Poor-will. [418a.] 



Phalcenoptilus nuttalli nitidus BREWSTER, Auk, IV, April, 1887, 147. 

 (Nueces River, Texas.) 



RANGE. Western Kansas south to Coahuila, west to Arizona and the 

 Cape Region of Lower California. 



c. Phalsenoptilus nuttalli californicus RIDGWAY. Dusky Poor-will. [4186.] 



Phalcenoptilus nuttalli californicus RIDGWAY, Manual N. A. Birds, 1887, 

 588 (note). (Nicasio, California.) 



RANGE. California west of the Sierra Nevada from about latitude 40 south 

 to the San Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower California. Breeds in Transition 

 and Upper Sonoran zones. 



