OEDEE MACEOCHIEES. 31 



B. 98a. R. 378a. C. . G. 175. U. . 



( Colaptes auratus hybridus ( BAIBD ) RIDGW. " Hybrid " Flicker. Dropped 

 from the A. 0. U. list.) 



B. 98. R. 3786. C. 459. G. 176. U. 413. 



161. Colaptes cafer (GMEL.). Red-shafted Flicker. Resident; rare in eastern 

 Kansas. Begin laying the first of May. Nesting habits and eggs similar to 

 C. auratus. 



ORDER MACBOCHIRES. GOATSUCKERS, 

 SWIFTS, ETC. 



SUBORDER CAPRIMULGI. GOATSUCKERS, ETC. 



FAMILY CAPRIMULGID-ZE. GOATSUCKERS, ETC. 

 GENUS ANTROSTOMUS GOULD. 



B. 112. R. 354. C. 397. G. 163. U. 417. 



162. Antrostomus vociferus (Wits.). Whip-poor-will. Summer resident; 

 rare; quite common in migration. Arrive the first of May. Begin laying the 

 last of May. Make no nest. Eggs, two, laid in a depression on the ground, 

 among the leaves, in thickets and heavily-wooded lands; are said to average 

 1.25x.88; one set, all I have to examine, measure only 1.09x.80, 1.12x.78; 

 cream white, irregularly spotted and mottled with lavender and pale brown; in 

 form elliptical. 



GENUS PHALJENOPTILUS RIDGWAY. 



B. 113. R. 355. C. 398. G. 164. U. 418. 



163. Phalaenoptilus nuttalli (Auo.). Poor- will. Summer resident; common. 

 Arrive early in May. To be looked for on the high prairies and rocky grounds 

 along the banks of streams. Begin laying the last of May. Eggs, two; 

 1.05x.80; white, unspotted; laid upon the bare ground, in the thick growths at 

 the edge of the timber; also at the roots of a bunch of bushes or briers, upon 

 the prairies; in form elliptical. 



GENUS OHOBDBILBS SWAINSON. 



B. 114. R. 357. C. 399. G. 165. U. 420. 



164. Chordeiles virginianus (GMEL.). Nighthawk. Summer resident; com- 

 mon in eastern and middle Kansas. Arrive the first to middle of May. Begin 

 laying the last of May. Eggs, two; 1.22x.82; grayish white, thickly mottled all 

 over with varied tints of lilac, purple and yellowish brown; are laid upon the 

 ground on the prairies in bare, open and exposed situations; in form ellip- 

 tical. 



