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Chorddles virginianits henryi Stejnegbr, Auk, ii, 1885, 182, part. — ^American 



Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886 (and 2d ed., 1895), ro. 420a, part; 



3d ed., 1910, 198, part.— Rhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1892, 107 



(Corpus Christi, Texas). 

 C[hordeiles] v[irginianus] henryi Bailey (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. TJ. S., 



1902, 227, part. 

 [Chordeiles] henryi Shabpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 79, part. 

 Chorddles virginianus aserriensis Chberib, Auk, xiii, April, 1896, 136 (San Jose, 



Costa Rica; coll. G. K. Cherrie).— Obehholser, Bull. 86, U. S. Nat. Mus., 



1914, 71. 

 Ch[ordeiles] virginianus aserriensis Hartert, Tierreich, Podarg., Caprim., 



Macropt., 1897, 99. 

 [Chorddles] aserriensis Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 79 (Costa Rica; Nicaragua). 

 Chorddles virginianus (not Caprimulgus virginianus Gmelin) Salvin and Godman, 



Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1894, 396, part. 



CHORDEILES VIRGINIANUS CHAPMANI (Cones). 

 FLORIDA NIGHTHAWK. 



Similar in coloration to C. v. virginianus but decidedly smaller. 



Adult TMZe.— Length (before skinning), 223-232 (227)"; wing, 

 178-192 (184.1); tail,. 99-110.5 (105); exposed cubnen, 4.8-7 (6.3); 

 tarsus, 12.5-15.5 (13.9); middle toe, 13-15.8 (14.2) .» 



Adult female. — ^Length (before skdnnii^), 210-235 (223)"; mng, 

 172.5-184.5 (179.4) ; tail, 99-108.5 (103.2) ; exposed cubnen, 5-7.5 

 (6.3); tarsus, 13.2-15 (14); middle toe, 13.8-15.8 (14.4).<« 



Soutbeastem United States, breeding from southern Florida and 

 along Gulf coast to eastern Texas (Bowie County; Galveston Island; 

 Hardin County; Sabine County) and northward to central Arkansas 

 (Stuttgart; Debght),* southeastern Illinois (Mount Carmel), south- 

 western Kentucky (Hickman), central Alabama (Coosada; Greens- 

 boro) , and middle and eastern North Carolina (Raleigh; Fort Macon) ; 

 migrates southward through Yucatan, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica 

 (Rio Sicsola, Sept. 24 and 26; MiravaUes, May 27), wintering in South 

 America, from Colombia (40 miles offshore 200 miles from Panama) 

 as far southward as Uruguay (Concepci6n), northern Argentina 

 (Ysca Yacu, Province of Santiago), and west-central Brazil (Chapada, 

 Matto Grosso). 



Chorddles popetue (not Caprimulgus popetue Vieillot) Merbiam, Am. Nat., viii, 



1874, 88 (St. JohnB and Ocklawaha rivers, Florida, breeding). 

 Chorddles popetue, var. minor (not Chordeiles minor Cabanis) Baird, Brewer, 



and RiDGWAT, Hist. N. Am. Birds, iii, 1874, 520 (Miami, Florida; not of 



vol. ii, 400). 

 Chorddles popetue minor Smith (G.), Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, v, Jan., 1880, 54 



(Homosassa R., Florida). — Ridgwat, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 188, 



219; Norn. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 3575. 

 Chordediles popetue minor Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 401. 

 C[hordediles] p[opetue] minor Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 454. 



s Ten specimens. "■ Two specimens. 



6 Fourteen specimens. « Probably also to southeastern Missouri. 



= Eleven specimens. 



