ORDER MACROCIIIRES. 221 



420a. Chordeiles virginiamis henryi (Cass.). 



Western Nighthawk. 



Chordeiles henryi Cass. Illustr. B. Cal. Tex. etc. I. 1855, 233. 

 Chordeiles virginiamis van henryi Coues, Key, 1872, 181, 



[B 1 15, C 267 a, R 357 a, C 400.] 



Hab Western United States, from the Plains to the Pacific coast, 

 south into Mexico. 



[.'-^'2 [420^.] Chordeiles virginianus minor (Cab.). 



Cuban Nighthawk. 



Chordeiles minor Cab. J. f. O. 1S56, 5. 



Chordeiles virginianus c ininor Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 264. 



[B-,C- R357^. C401.] 

 Hab. Cuba and Southern Florida. 



421. Chordeiles texensis Lawr. 



Texan Nighthawk. 



Chordeiles texensis Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. VL Dec 1856, 167. 



[B 116, C 268, R358, C 402.] 



Hab. Southern border of the United States, from Texas to Cali- 

 fornia ; south to Central America. 



Suborder CYPSELI Swifts. 



Family MIOROPODID-ffi. Swifts. 

 Subfamily CHjSITURIN^. Spine-tailed Swifts. 



Genus CYFSELOIDES Streubel. 



Cypseloides Streubel, Isis, 1848, 366. Type, Hemichelidon fumi- 

 gata NuTT. 



