1 68 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Order MACROCHIRES. Goatsuckers, 

 Swifts, etc. 



Suborder CAPRIMULGI. Goatsuckers, etc. 



Family CAPRIMULGrID.Si. Goatsuckers, etc. 



Genus ANTROSTOMUS Gould. 



Antrostomus Gould, Icones Avium, 1838. Type, Caprimulgus 

 carolinensis Gmel. 



416. Antrostomus carolinensis (Gmel.). 



Chuck-vrlU's-Tividow. 



Caprimulgus carolinensis Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 1028. 

 Antrostomus carolinensis Gould, Icones Avium, 1838. 



[B III, C 264, R 353, C396.] 



Geog. Dist. — South Atlantic and Gulf States, from Virginia south 

 through eastern Mexico to Central America ; Cuba. North, in the 

 interior, to southern Illindis and Kansas. Accidental in Massachu- 

 setts. 



417. Antrostomus vociferus (Wils.). 



Whip-poor-will. 



Caprimulgus vociferusYJiis. Am. Orn. V. 18 12, 71, pi. 41, figs. 1-3. 

 Antrostomus vociferus Bonap. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 8. 



[B 112, C 26s, R3S4, C397.] 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern North America to the Plains, and from 

 Lat. 50° south to Guatemala. 



