352 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
spicuously. (Atkinson.) The flickers proved very interesting at 
the places we visited in eastern Alberta and western Saskatchewan. 
Both the yellow-shafted and red-shafted were found in typical 
plumage as well as in all the stages of hybridisation. Nearly pure- 
blooded birds of both species were found mated together and both 
were collected from the same brood of young. (A. C. Bent.) 
OrDER MACROCHIRES. GoaTsucKErRs, 
SWIFTS, &C. 
Famity XXXV. CAPRIMULGIDA, Goartsuckers. 
CLXXV. ANTROSTOMUS Govrp. 1838. 
416. Chuck-Will’s-Widow. 
Antrostomus carolinensis (GMEL.) GOULD. 1838. 
I took a male of this species on May t1gth, 1906 at Point Pelee, 
Essex county, Ont. The bird was flushed from the ground and lit 
in a red cedar, giving an excellent chance to observe it and I was 
fortunately able to take it. The bird was found about half a mile 
from the end of the point on the west side. The sexual organs 
were well developed. (/J. H. Fleming.) A detailed account of the 
taking of a single specimen of this species near Pictou, N.S. is re- 
corded by Harry Piers-in Proc. and Trans. of the N.S. Inst. of Scz., 
Vol VWihip: 405: 
417. Whip-poor-Will, 
Antrostomus vociferus (WILS.) BONAP. 1838. 
Formerly common but now becoming rare in Nova Scotia. 
(Downs.) An occasional summer resident at St. John, N.B, 
(Chamberlain.) Not common at Scotch lake, York county, N.B. 
(W.H. Moore.) Rare summer visitor in Quebec. (Dionne.) Tran- 
sient visitor at Montreal, scarce; this bird is said to be plentiful 
at St. Jerome, 33 miles north of Montreal. (Wvznile.) 
A common summer resident at Ottawa. (Ottawa Naturalist, 
Vol. V.) Regular migrant at Toronto, Ont., rather rare summer 
resident; fairly common in Muskoka; I have not met with it in 
Parry Sound district. (J. H. Fleming.) Common from the Geor- 
