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CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Genus PHAL-ffiNOPTILUS Ridgway. 



Phalanoptilus Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. March 27, 1880, 5. 

 Type, Caprimulgus mittalli Aud. 



418. Phalsenoptilus nuttalli (Aud.). 



Poor- will. 



Caprimulgus nutialll hvD. B. Am. VII. 1843, 350, pi. 495. 

 Phalcznoptilus nuttalli KiDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. iMus. 111. 1880, 5. 



[B113, C266, R355,C398.] 



Hab. Western United States, from the Pacific coast eastward to 

 Eastern Nebraska and Eastern Kansas, south to Southern Mexico. 



/./O'^^f^^ qe^^^-s nYCTIDROMUS Gould. 



Nyctidronius Gould, Icones Avium, II. 1838, pi. ii. Type, N. derbya- 

 nus Gould = Caprimulgus albicollis Gmel. 



/* 21 ^ 419. Nyctidromus albicollis (Gmel.). 



Parauque. 



Caprimulgus albicollis Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 1030. 

 Nyctidromus albicollis Burm. Th. Bras. II. 1856, 389. 



[B-, C-, R356, C395.] 



Hab. Valley of the Lower Rio Grande, south through Central and 

 most of South America. 



Genus CHORDEILES Swatnson. 



CJwrdeiles Swains. Faima Bor. Am. II. 1831, 496. Type, Capri- 

 mulgus virginianus Gmel. 



420. Chordeiles virginianus (Gmel.). 



Nighthawk. 



Caprimulgus virginianus Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 1028. 

 Chordeiles virginianus Swains. Fauna Bor. Am. II. 1831, 496. 



[B 114, C 267, R357, C 399.] 



Hab. Northern and Easier n North America, east of the Great 

 Plain.s, south through tropical America to Buenos Ayres. 



