AVES. 123 



MACROCHIRES. CAPRIMULGI. 



CAPRIMULGIDAE. 



N. H. — Common summer resident north to White Mt. valleys. 

 May 6-Sept. 26. 



Vt. — Common summer resident at lower elevations. May 5- 

 Sept. 16. Eggs, May 24-31. 



Mass. — Common summer resident. (April 22) April 30-Sept. 

 25. Eggs, May 18-June 9. 



R. I. — Common summer resident. April 25-fall. Eggs, May 

 25-June 8. 



Conn. — Common summer resident. Late April-Sept. (Nov. 1, 

 1880, Noank). Eggs, May 20- June 5 (July 4). 



233. Chordeiles virginianus (Gmelin) Swainson. 



Nighthawk; Bull-bat; Mosquito hawk; Pork-and-beans. 



Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1840, vol. 1, p. 159, pi. 43. Egg, 

 Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 2, fig. 1-3. 



Ca'primulgus virginianus Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, 

 p. 1028. "in America septentrionali, praesertim Virginia." 



Woods, thickets, or in cities and open country; nests on the 

 ground or on flat gravelled roofs; largely nocturnal. 



Me. — Common migrant and summer resident. (April 11, East 

 Hebron; April 22) May 3-Sept. 14. Eggs, June 26- July 4. 



N. H. — Common migrant and at lower altitudes a less common 

 summer resident. (April 17) May O^Sept. 15. Eggs, June 10. 



Vt. — Common migrant and summer resident. May-Sept. 



Mass. — Common migrant, less common summer resident. 

 (April 23) May 9-Oct. 6. Eggs, June 5-15. 



R. I. — Common migrant (mainly inland), and summer resident. 

 (April 7) May-Sept. (Oct.) Eggs, June 5-8. 



Conn. — Common migrant and less common summer resident. 

 May 11-Oct. Eggs, June 3-23. 



