CAPRIMULGIDE. 297 
Orver MACROCHIRES.—Tue Goartsucxers, 
SWIFTS, ETC. (Page 2) 
Families. 
a’. Secondaries more than six; bill short, very broad at base, the gape deeply cleft ; 
plumage not metallic. 
b'. Middle toe much longer than lateral toes, its claw with inner edge pecti- 
nated; gape more or less distinctly bristled; plumage much spotted, 
the feathers soft, with downy or moth-like surface. (Suborder Capri- 
TULGE.) cve'a se¥es cn cisninen'sensisb'edn abs asiicnenrweatans Caprimulgidz. (Page 297.) 
B*, Middle toe not distinctly longer than lateral toes, its claw with edge not 
pectinated; gape without bristles; plumage plain and compact, the 
feathers with smooth surface. (Suborder Cypseli.) 
Micropodide. (Page 302.) 
a’. Secondaries only six; bill long as head, or longer, slender, the gape not deeply 
cleft; plumage more or less metallic. (Suborder Trochili.) 
Trochilidz. (Page 303.) 
Famity CAPRIMULGID4ZE.—Tue Goatsucxers. (Page 297.) 
(Eggs deposited on bare ground, dead leaves, gravel, or sand, 2, broadly ellip- 
tical-oval, plain or spotted.) 
Genera. 
a. Gape without conspicuous bristles; tail emarginated. 
Chordeiles. (Page 300.) 
a’, Gape with conspicuous bristles; tail even or rounded. 
o'. Tarsus shorter than middle toe, and feathered in front almost to the toes; 
first quill longer than fourth ..............006 Antrostomus. (Page 298.) 
b?, Tarsus longer than middle toe, entirely naked in front; first quill shorter 
than fourth. 
cl. Tail even, much shorter than wing, the latter less than 6.00; quills 
without white patch......ccssseccsesers Phalznoptilus. (Page 299.) 
c. Tail much rounded, nearly equal to or longer than wing, the latter 6.00 
or more; quills with a white patch... Nyctidromus. (Page 300.) 
