ORDER MACROCHIRES. 221 



420 a. Chordeiles virginianus henryi (CASS.). 



Western Nighthawk. 



Chordeiles henryi CASS. Illustr. B. Cal. Tex. etc. I. 1855, 233. 

 Chordeiles virginianus var. henryi COUES, Key, 1872, 181. 



[B 1 15, C 267 a, R 357 a, C 400.] 



HAB Western United States, from the Plains to the Pacific coast, 

 south into Mexico. 



[420 .] Chordeiles virginianus minor (CAB.). 



Cuban Nighthawk. 



Chordeiles minor CAB. J. f. O. 1856, 5. 



Chordeiles virginianus c. minor COUES, Birds Northwest, 1874, 264. 



[B , C- R 357 ^C 401.] 

 HAB. Cuba and Southern Florida. 



421. Chordeiles texensis LAWR. 



Texan Nighthawk. 



Chordeiles texensis LAWR. Ann. Lye. N. Y. VI. Dec 1856, 167. 

 [B 116, C 268, R 358, C 402.] 



HAB. Southern border of the United States, from Texas to Cali- 

 fornia ; south to Central America. 



SUBORDER CYPSELI SWIFTS. 



FAMILY MIOROPODID^E3. SWIFTS. 

 SUBFAMILY CHJETURIN-33. SPINE- TAILED SWIFTS. 



GENUS CYPSELOIDES STREUBEL. 



Cypseloides STREUBEL, Isis, 1848, 366. Type, Hemichelidon fumi- 

 gata NUTT. 



