BIEDS OF NOETH AND MIDDLE AMEEICA. 



591 



»9 (291); tail, 210-216 (212.3); exposed culmen, 25-28 (26.3); tar- 

 s, 13.5-14 (13.7); middle toe, 23-23.5 (23.3)." 

 Island of Jamaica (near Spanishtown; Priestmans River; Mo- 

 )ague; Westmoreland; Port Henderson) . Cuba? 



[Caprimulgus] jamaicensis Gmblin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. 2, 1789, 1029 (Jamaica; based 

 on Guirea-querea Ray, Av., 180; Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois., vi, 536; Wood-Owle 

 Sloane, Voy. Jam., ii, 295; Mountain Owl Brown, Jam., 473; Jamaica Goat- 

 sucker Latham, Synop., 11, pt. 2, 591). — Latham, Index Orn., li, 1790, 584 

 (Jamaica). 



Caprmulgus jamaicends Stephens, Shaw's Gen. ZooL, x. 1817, 144. — ^Vibihot, 

 Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., x, 1817, 238 (Jamaica).— Denny, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lend., 1847, 38 (Jamaica). 



Nyctihius jamaicensis Gosse, Birds Jam., 1847, 41; Illustr. Birds Jam., 1849, pL 

 6. — (?)Cabanis, Journ. ftir Om., 1856, 6 (Cuba). — Gundlaoh, Joum. ftir 

 Orn., 1861, 412 (Cuba; crlt.).— Sclateb, Proc. ZooL Soc. Lond., 1861, 77 

 (Jamaica); 1866, 129, part (monogr.; Jamaica); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 278 

 (Jamaica); Journ. ftir Orn., 1867, 257 (translation); Revised List Birds Jam., 

 1910, 10.— Albbecht, Journ. fur Orn., 1862, 199 (Jamaica). — March, Proc. 

 Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 286 (Jamaica).— Coet, Auk, lii, 1886, 338; Birds 

 West Ind., 1889, 133; Cat. West. Ind. Birds, 1892, 105, 130.— Scott, Auk, 

 ix, 1892, 275 (Jamaica; habits). — Hartekt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xvi, 1892, 

 625, part (Jamaica). — Field, Auk, xi, 1894, 125 (Port Henderson, Jamaica). — 

 Salvin and Godman, BioL Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1894, 399, part (Jamaica). 



5 Three specimens. 



Locality. 



"Wing. 



Taa. 



Ex- 



)osed 



ciilmeii. 



Tarsus. 



Middle 

 toe. 



MALES. 



iradtdt males from Jamaica (J7. g. jamaicensis) 



a adult male from e. Mexico (Puebla) (iV, g. mexicaniis)... 



adult males from Costa Kica (iV. g. costaricensis) 



IT adult males from Panama ( N. g. panamensis) 



B adult male from Trinidad (2V.y.ffm«us) 



3 adult male from Para (N. g. griseus) 



> adult male from s. w. Brazil (Chapada) (JV. g. conml/m) 



FEMALES. 



'ee adult females from Jamaica (,N.g. jamaiceneis) 



1 adult female from e. Mexico (Puebla) (if. g. mexicanus). 



adult females from Costa Rica ( iV. g. costaricensis) 



1 adult female from n. Ecuador (iV. g. corrmtiisf) 



SEX UNDETEKMINED. 



5 adults from Jamaica (Jf. g. Jamaicensis) 



I adult from e. Mexico (Mirador, Vera Cruz) (N.g. 



I adult from Guatemala ( N. g. mexicanus) , 



I adult from Panama (N.g. jianamensis) 



1 adult from Colombia {N.g. panamensis) 



) adults from British Guiana (iV. g. griseus) 



) adults from Amazon River (iV. g. griseust) .... 



adult from e. Peru (N.g. comutusf) 



adult from w. Ecuador (ff. g. cornutusf) 



295.2 



305 



29r 



278 



257 



254 



263 



291 

 304 



277.5 



312 



305 



263 



265 



234 



258.5 



280 



262 



223.7 



220 



222.5 



201 



180 



188 



179 



212.3 

 216 

 200 

 190 



195. S 



230 



215 



193 



220 



175.5 



186 



205 



193 



25.7 



27 



24 



21.7 



21 



21 



23 



26.3 

 25.5 

 20.2 

 18.5 



25 



21 



20.5 



20 



22 



19.5 



20 



20.5 



13 

 13 

 12.2 

 11.9 

 11 

 9 

 12 



13.7 

 13 



11.7 

 11 



11.7 



13 



12 



11 

 11 



10.2 

 10.5 



22.4 



23 



21.7 



20.4 



19 



18 



19 



23.3 

 24 

 19 

 20 



21 



20.5 



19 



18.5 

 20 



18.5 



