DESCRIPTION. 179 



"bill 1 J inches long. Above, brownish, barred with 

 black, rump white, shafts of wing and tail-feathers 

 bright-yellow, occiput with a red patch ; lower 

 parts vinaceous, with roundish spots of black, chest 

 with a cresentric patch of black. Adult males: 

 With a black malar stripe. 



138. Whippoorwill 



Length about 9J inches, tail about 6 inches long, 

 bill short and very broad at base, the gape with 

 long bristles. Above, brownish-gray, streaked and 

 sprinkled with brownish-black, three outer tail- 

 feathers with a white patch ; below, mottled, simi- 

 lar in colour to the back ; bar of white on throat. 



139. Nighthawk. 



Length about 9 inches, tail about 4J inches long. 

 Above, mottled with black and gray, varied with 

 ochraceous, white patch on wing-feathers, also on 

 throat; males with bar of white on tail, females 

 without white on tail ; below, buffy, barred with 

 dusky. Young : More finely mottled, and dusky- 

 markings less than in adults. 



140. Chimney Swift. 



Length about 5 inches, tail about 2 inches long. 

 Tail-feathers with spinous points. Plumage sooty- 

 brown, with a faint greenish gloss above, colour 

 paler on throat. 



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