208 BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 
Order PICARIAL. 
Sub-order CY PSELL. 
Family CAPRIMULGIDA. 
Sub-family CAPRIMULGIN 4. 
Genus CHORDEILES, Sw. 
63. Chordeiles virginianus, (Gm.) Bp. Night-Hawk. 
Caprimulgus virginianus, Briss. (in part), Gm. Lath., Bp., Aud., Nutt. 
Caprimulgus (Chordeiles) virginianus, Sw. & Rich. 
Chordeiles virginianus, Bp., Aud., Gir., Woodh., Cass., Brewer, Newb., Scl., 
Saly., Coues. 
Caprimulaus popetue, Vieil., Bp. 
Chordeiles popetue Bd., Heerm., Coop. & Suck., Lawr., Hayd., Allen, Coop., 
Aiken. 
Caprimulgus americanus, Wils. 
Length, 9.50; wing, 8.20. 
Hab.—Entire temperate North and Middle America, north to Hudson’s 
Bay Cuba and Jamaica, migratory ; Bahamas; south to Brazil. (Coues.) 
I cannot do better than quote from “The Naturalist in Bermuda” 
the following: ‘‘ These curious birds are sometimes very common in 
April, and also in September and October, on their migration north and 
south. The marsh below Government House was their great resort, 
when, just as it was getting dusk, they would appear one by one, and 
soon be skimming about in all directions, uttering every now and then 
a sharp whirring sort of cry. They double and rush about in a most 
wonderful manner, frequently depressing first one side, then the other. 
Although flying close together, they seem to try and keep apart, each 
having seemingly its own hunting ground” (Wedderburn). ‘ When this 
bird visits the islands of Bermuda from the north, it invariably appears 
between the 20th of September and the 11th of October, and on its 
vernal flight from the south, arrives with wonderful precision between 
the 23d and 30th of April” (Hurdis). Individuals of this species were 
observed by officers of Prospect Garrison on February 20 and 28, 1875. 
It would almost seem probable that these wintered in Bermuda; but 
the question requires further investigation. They are occasionally 
picked up dead or in a dying condition. One was found dead in the 
streets of St. George’s on the 26th April, 1875, and a live one was 
brought to me the same day. The stomachs of several I examined 
