CAPRIMULGID^E: Goatsuckers 



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S.V. Common 

 Abundant locally. Lower 

 Sonoran Zone of southern 

 California and southwest- 

 ern half of Arizona. Nests 

 on ground, where its eggs, 

 like the bird itself, so 

 harmonize with surround- 

 ings that they are almost 

 invisible. 



Arizona S.V. Common High mountains of eastern Arizona. 

 Said to keep to high altitudes even in migrations. Nesting-habits same as 

 those of the Pacific form. 



Southern California S.V. May-Sept. Occasional. Found in our 

 region only in San Bernardino Mountains. Nests on ground, in open 

 timber of Transition and Boreal Zones. 



