CAPRIMULGID.E — THE GOATSITKKRS. 



401 



Chordeiles popetue, var. popetue, P.aiki". 



NIOHT-HAWK; BULL-BAT. 



Caprunu/'jKs pojufur, Vikilmit, Ois. Am. Srpt. I, l>o7, 56, itl. x\iv (9). Chordeiles 

 jMt/H'tiie, Baiiii», liinls N. Am. l.s.'.S, l'»l. — Lui:i., Vi. \l. A. Iii^t. IV, 1>»»4, 113 

 (Br. Col. lu'stiug). — (.'oui'KU i Sitklky, l«iO. - Samikls, 122. Cupriintiff/tisanieri- 

 canus, \ViL.sox, V, 1812, Gii, i»l. cxl. f. 1, 2. Chonlciirs tnucicunus, DkKay, N. Y. 

 Zool. IF, 1844, 34, |»1. xxvii. (Jdfiriiiiuf'fu.s cinjuiinuus, |)1:iss().n, II, 17«)t», 477 (in 

 part only). -^ Am. Orn. l5io^'. 11, 1>34, 273, ^.l. ixlvii. — Max. Cal.. .1. VI, 1858. — 

 WAKTllArsF.N, Cab. J. 18t)8, 373 uu'stiiig). Cdpriniuhjus {Chorthihs\ rinfiniduus, 

 S\v. F. Hor.-.\m. II. 1831, 62. i'l,„rdeil<!i cinjinhinuH, Hon. List, 1838. — Aru. liinlii 

 Am. 1, 1840, 151), pi. xliii. — Newiikiuiy, Zool. Cal. and Oregon Kout«-, 7S> ; Kt'i». P. 

 K. li. Surv. VI, 1857. Lon(j-icinijrd (/oofsurkcr, I'ennant, .\i<;tie Zool. II, 1785, 337. 



Sp. Chak. Male, above greeiiis^li-black, but ^vitll little inotlliujr on the head and back. 

 Wing-covert> varied with 

 grayish ; scapulars witli yel- 

 lowish-rufous. A nuchal band 

 ol' fine gray mottling, belund 

 which is another coar.ser one 

 of rufous spots. A white V- 

 shaped mark on the throat ; 

 behind this a collar of pale 

 rufous blotches, and another 

 on the breast of grayish 

 mottlir ■. Under parts band- 

 ed tvausversel}' with dull yel- 

 lov isb or reddish-white and 

 brown. Wing-quills Apjite 

 unif*rnily brown. The five 

 outer primaries with a aa hite 

 blotch (al)out half an inch 

 long) midway between the 



tip and carpal joint, not extending on the outer web of the outer quill. Tail with a 

 termin.il white patch, which does not reach the outer edge of the feathers. Feutoh with- 

 out the caudal white pi^teh, the white tail-l»ands more mottled, the white of the throat 

 mixed with reddish. Length of male. 0.;"i(); wing, 8.20. 



IIab. United States and norti. to Hudson Bay : in winter visits Greater Antilles, 

 and southward to Central America (Rio .faneiro, Pklzklx) ; sai<l to breed in .Tamica. In 

 Rocky Mountains, replaced by the variety hennji Localities: Trout Lake. 11. B. T. 

 (Murray, Edinb. Phil. Journ. 1860); Bahamas (Bryant, Bost. Soc. VII. 18.39); Guate- 

 mala (ScL. Ibis, II, 275) ; Cuba (Lawr.) ; Janmica (MARcn, P. A. N. S. 18G3. 28.'), breeds) : 

 Matamoras (Dresskr, Ibis, 186.5, 471, breeds) ; Rio Janeiro, January (Pklz.. Orn. Bras. 

 L 14); Yeragua (Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, 203). 



Habits. The common Nidit-Hawk of North America is a verv common 

 species throughout a widely exteiuled area, and within the United States 

 breeds wherever found. Its ranixe extends from Florida and Texas to the 

 extreme northern latitudes, and from the Atlantic at least to the great Cen- 

 tral Plains. It has been found as far to the south as Panama. ., 



At Matamoras ^Ir. Dresser found this species abundant during the sunj- 



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