PARAUQUE 



ear coverts chestnut; a white collar crossing 

 throat; remaining under parts buffy finely 



FIG. 26. Nyctidromus a. albicollis 



barred with dusky. Tail long and slightly 

 rounded. 



Female. Similar to male but with less white 

 on outer tail feathers ; the band on the wing quills 

 narrower and mostly tawny buff, the white 

 throat band less distinct. 



There is a phase in which the general color of 

 the upperparts is more tawny. 



A very common bird of the Canal Zone, very 

 numerous in the spring along the sides of the 

 Gamboa road. When driving along that road 

 at night, one may see their eyes shine out from 

 the darkness like miniature headlights. They 

 have a habit of jumping a few inches from the 

 ground repeatedly but settling back in the same 

 spot after each jump. I saw numbers of them 

 along the paths around Gatun at night, especially 

 under the street lights. "During the mating 

 season two or three of these birds get together 

 and utter low guttural noises impossible to de- 

 scribe. The ordinary note may be represented 

 by kwe-ah-reo, uttered in a clear, ringing, and 



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