BIEDS OP NORTH AND MIDDLE AMEEIOA. 575 



Chordeiles virginiarvus mmor Stejneqer, Auk, ii, April, 1885, 182, part. — ^Ameri- 

 can Oknithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 4205, part. 



C[hardeiles] virgmianus minor Ridowat, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 301, part. 



[Chardiles popetue] chapmani Coubs, Auk, v, Jan., 1888, 37 (Gainesville, Florida, 

 coll. Frank M. Chapman; ex Sennett, manuscript). 



Chordeiles virginianus chapmani Scott, Auk, v, April, 1888, 186 (Tarpon Springs, 

 Florida; descr. eggs and downy young); vi, 1889, 252 (Tarpon Springs, Punta 

 Rassa, and Key West, Florida); vii, 1890, 310 (Dry Tortugas, Florida, April); 

 ix, 1892, 212 (Caloosahatchie B., Florida, breeding).^ — Chapman, Auk, v, 

 1888, 272 (Gainesville, Florida), 396.— American Ornithologists' Union 

 Committee, Suppl. to Check List, 1889, 22; Abridged Check List, 1889, 37; 

 Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 4206; 3rd ed., 1910, 199.— Wayne, Auk, x, 

 1893, 337 (Suwanee R., n. w. Florida, April 5); xii, 1895, 365 (Aucilla R., 

 n. w. Florida, breeding). — Bendirb, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, (ii), 1895, 170, 

 pi. 3, figs. 5, 6 (eggs). 



C\harddles\ virginianus chapmani Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 598. 



[Chordeiles virginianus.'] Subsp. p. Chordeiles chapmani Habtekt, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus., xvi, 1892, 613. 



CJ^orddlesI virginianus chapmani Hartert, Tierreich, Podarg., Caprim., Macropt., 

 1897, 19. 



[Chordeiles] chapmani Shaepe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 79. 



Chordeiles virginianus (not Caprimulgus virginianus Gmelin) Barrows, Auk, i, 

 1884, 24 (Concepcion, Uruguay). — Coombs, Auk, ix, 1892, 205 (Louisiana, 

 breeding).— Beyer, Proc. La. Soc. Nat. for 1897-99 (1900), 103 (Louisiana, 

 breeding). — ^Williams (R. W.), Auk, xxi, 1904, 456 (Leon Co., n. w. Florida, 

 breeding; habits). — ^Allison, Auk, xxi, 1904, 478 (Baton Rouge Parish, 

 Louisiana, breeding). — Stockard, Auk, xxii, 1905, 156 (breeding habits in 

 Mississippi). 



CHORDEILES VIRGINUNUS VICINUS Riley. 



BAHAMA NIGHTHAWK. 



Similar to C. v. chapmani but wing and tail decidedly shorter, 

 neral coloration of upper parts lighter, and posterior under parts 

 3re strongly tinged with buff. 



Adultmale.— Wmg, 162.5-183 (170.2); tail, 92-103 (96.8) ; exposed 

 hnen, 6.1-7.8 (6.7); tarsus, 13-14.8 (13.4); middle toe, 13-15 

 3.9) .« 



Adult female.— Wing, 160.5-184.5 (173.2); tail, 91-102.5 (97.7); 

 posed culmen, 6.1-7.5 (6.7); tarsus, 12.5-14.8 (13.4); middle toe, 

 -15 (14.1)."^ 



Bahama Islands (Abaco; Abaco Keys; Great Bahama; Andros; 

 uth Andros; Great Inagua; Acklin Island; WatHng Island; Eleu- 

 era; Fortune Island; Grassy Cay; Long Island; Moraine Cay; 

 3W Providence; Stranger Cay; Sugar Loaf Cay); winter range 

 iknown. 

 Chordeiles popetue (not Caprimulgus popetue Vieillot) Bbtant, Proc. Bost. Soc. 



N. H., vii, 1859, 108 (Bahamas, summer resident). — ^Albrecht, Joum. fiir 



Om., 1861, 52 (Bahamas). 

 Chordeiles minor (not Chordediles minor Caba,nis) Cory, Birds Bahama Is., 1880, 



106 (Inagua); Auk, iii, 1886, 340, part (Bahamas); viii, 1891, 350 (Great 



Bahama; Abaco); Birds West Ind., 1889, 135, part; Cat. West Ind. Birds, 



"■ Ten specimens. 



