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CLXXVI. PHAL^NOPTILUS Ridgway. 1880. 



418. Poor-Will. 



PhalcBfioptilus nuttalUi (Aud.) Ridgw. 1880. 



Only one pair of these birds was seen in two weeks stay at Kam- 

 loops, B.C., in June, 1889. One was shot in open day but no nest 

 was discovered. The country was open, dry, and arid. {Spread- 

 borough.) From Kamloops south through the Okanafean district 

 of British Columbia. (Fannin.) A tolerably common summer 

 resident throughout the southern portions of the semi-arid interior. 

 (Brooks.) 



CLXXVII. CHORDEILES Swainson. 1831. 



420. Nighthawk. 



Chordeiles viginianus (Gmel.) Swains. 1831. 



One specimen found dead on Melville island. (Ard. Man.) 

 Stearns records this bird from Natashquan; also obtained by 

 Drexler in August, i860, at Moose Factory, James bay. (Packard.) 

 A summer migrant in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) Common in Nova 

 Scotia. (Downs; Tufts.) Seen at Baddeck and Sydney, Cape 

 Breton island, August, 1898; one seen in the marsh at Brackley 

 point, Prince Edward island, 25th June, 1888. (Macoun.) A few 

 were seen almost every day frequenting the open clearings or sail- 

 ing high in the air while I was on Prince Edward island. (Dwight.) 

 An abundant summer resident at St. John, N.B. (Chamberlain.) 

 A common summer resident ; breeds at Scotch Lake, York county, 

 N.B. (W. H. Moore.) Not common in the Restigouche valley, 

 N.B.; only seen in burnt districts near settlements. (Brittain & 

 Cox.) Taken at Beauport; a common summer resident in Quebec. 

 (Dionne.) Not rare; breeds at Lake Mistassini, northern Quebec. 

 (/. M. Macoun.) A single specimen observed at Fort Churchill, 

 Hudson bay. (Clarke.) York Factory, Hudson bay. (Dr. R. 

 Bell.) One heard, June 27th, at Grand Entry island, one of the 

 Magdalen islands; but none afterwards. (Brewster.) Common 

 summer resident, breeds in Montreal upon the gravelled roofs of 

 houses. (Wintle.) An abundant summer resident. Since the 

 building of houses with gravelled roofs these birds have become 



