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KEY TO THK BIRDS OF EASTERN .XOKTII AMERICA. 



FAMILY CAPRIMULQID^. 



Night=hawks, Whip=poor=wins, etc. 



Feet, small and weak ; mouth, very large ; bill, small ; middle toe 

 nail, with fine comb=like edge; front toes, connected at base. 



A b:iucl of wliite on the whig; tail feathers, not tipped witti white. 



Night-hawk. 



Ciu'irilciles viryinianus^ ami races. 

 See Xo. 3.37. 



Xo wliite ou tliewinj^; primaries, banded witli rufous lirown auii lilack; 'wing, 



over 7. .50. 



Chuck=will's=widow. 



Antrostoinna carolinensis. 

 See No. 33.5. 



^^^-^ Ciiuck-wiirs-widuw 



No wiiite on wing; 

 outer tail feathers, 

 broadly tipped 

 with white : wing, 

 under 7 .50. 



Whip-poor-will. 

 Antr<)Storaus vijciferus. 

 See No. 336. 



