Goatsuckers 



4 I 6. Chuck-will's-widpw (Antrostomus carolinensis} . 

 L. 12. Mouth bristles with fine, hair-like branches 

 near their base. Ad. tf. End half of outer tail- 

 feathers white, rusty, and black on outer webs\ chin chiefly 

 rusty] throat-patch buffy. Ad. . No white in tail. 

 Notes. A loudly whistled chuck-wiirs-widow, repeated 

 many times. 



Range. South Atlantic and Gulf States; breeds north to Virginia 

 and Illinois; west to Kansas and central Texas; winters from southern 

 Florida southward. 



417. Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vodferus). L. 

 9.7. Mouth bristles without branches. Ad. $. Three 

 outer tail-feathers broadly tipped with white; white on 

 inner vane of outer feather 1.4 or more wide; throat 

 patch white; chin chiefly black. Ad. 9- Three outer 

 tail-feathers narrowly tipped with rusty buff; throat 

 patch rusty buff. Notes. A rapid, vigorous, whistled 

 whip-poor-will, repeated many times. 



Range. Eastern North America, west to the Plains; breeds from 

 Gulf States north to New Brunswick and Manitoba; winters from 

 Gulf States southward. 



4l7a. Stephens Whip-poor-will (A. v. macromy 

 stax}. Similar to No. 417, but slightly larger, W. 6.5; 

 mouth bristles much longer; male with throat-patch 

 rusty; white on inner web of outer feather less than 1.3 

 wide. 



Range. "Arizona, New Mexico, and southwestern Texas, south 

 over mountains bordering tablelands of Mexico to Guatemala." 

 (Bailey.) 



418. Poor- will (Phalcenoptilus nuttallii). L. 7.7. 

 Primaries rusty barred with black. Ad. tf. Three 

 outer tail-feathers evenly tipped with white; a large 

 white throat patch; plumage above suggesting in color 

 the wings of certain moths. Ad. 9. Similar, but tail- 

 tips burly. Notes. Variously rendered poor-will, cow- 

 day, pearl-rob-it, puir-whee-er. 



Range. Western United States; breeds from Kansas, Nebraska, 

 and Dakota west to eastern slope of Sierra Nevadas: north to Mon- 

 tana and British Columbia; winters from Mexican border southward. 



4l8a. Frosted Poor-will (T. n. nitidus). Similar 

 to No. 418, but paler, the upperparts especially whiter, 

 more frosty. 



Range. "Texas to Arizona and from western Kansas soutn to 

 northern Mexico," (Bailey.) Lower California. 



("P. n. californicus] . 



4l8b. California Poorwill 



Similar to No. 418, but darker. 



Range. Breeds on coast of California, north to Butte Couny; 

 winters from southern California southward. 



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