1 68 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



ORDER MACROCHIRES. GOATSUCKERS, 

 SWIFTS, ETC. 



SUBORDER CAPRIMULGI. GOATSUCKERS, ETC. 

 FAMILY CAPRIMULGID-ffi. GOATSUCKERS, ETC. 



GENUS ANTROSTOMUS GOULD. 



Antrostomus GOULD, Icones Avium, 1838. Type, Caprimulgus 

 carolinensis GMEL. 



416. Antrostomus carolinensis (GMEL.). 



Chuck-will's- widow. 



Caprimulgus carolinensis GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 1028. 

 Antrostomus carolinensis GOULD, Icones Avium, 1838. 



[B in, C 264, R 353, 396.] 



GEOG. DIST. South Atlantic and Gulf States, from Virginia south 

 through eastern Mexico to Central America ; Cuba. North, in the 

 interior, to southern Illinois and Kansas. Accidental in Massachu- 

 setts. 



417. Antrostomus vociferus (WiLs.). 



Whip-poor-will. 



Caprimulgus vociferus^Niis. Am. Orn. V. 1812, 71, pi. 41, figs. 1-3. 

 Antrostomus vociferus BONAP. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 8. 



[B 112, C 265, R 354, C 397.] 



GEOG. DIST. Eastern North America to the Plains, and from 

 Lat. 50 south to Guatemala. 



