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lar angular shapes, smaller and more concealed on upper back, larger 

 on tertials and coverts ; remiges and rectrices as in the adult female ; 

 feathers of lower parts slate-gray basally, broadly edged on throat and 

 breast with the color of the back ; abdomen and under tail -coverts 

 pale rusty- buff. Length, 150; wing, 116; tail, 58 mm. 



216. Antrostomus vociferus vociferus (Wilson). 



Caprimulgus vociferus Wilson, Am. Orn., V, 1812, 71, pi. 41, figs. 1-3. — Hart- 



ert, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, 568 (Mexico to Guatemala in winter). 



— Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 1894, 385 (most southern 



record given is Salvador [Richardson]). 

 Antrostomus vociferus Bonaparte, Geogr. & Comp. List, 1838, 8. — Cherrie, 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIV, 1894, 536 (San Jose, Feb. 24, 1889, O —first 



record for Costa Rica). 



There is but a single record for the taking of the Whip-poor-will in 

 Costa Rica, that cited above by Mr. Cherrie. They are common in 

 winter farther north, but evidently are only rare stragglers in Costa 

 Rica. 



217. Antrostomus carolinensis (Gmelin). 



Caprimulgus carolinensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, ii, 1788, 1028. — Hartert, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, 565 (Costa Rica (Endres]). — Salvin 

 and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 1894, 383 (south in winter to Col- 

 ombia and Antilles). 



Antrostomus carolinensis Gould, Icones Avium, 1838. — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. 

 N. Y., IX, 1868, 120 (Las Cruces de Candelaria [Zeledon]). — Frantzius, 

 Jour, fur Orn., 1869, 314 (Las Cruces de Candelaria, Nov., 1867 [Zeledon 

 and by Dr. E. Joos at Guadeloupe, 1860^). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de 

 C. R., I, 1887, 120. 



Bangs Collection : Vicinity of San Jose (Underwood). 



Carnegie Museum: Rio Sicsola, March 21, 1904 (Carriker). One 



skin. 



The Chuck-will's-widow seems to be quite rare in Costa Rica, but 

 few specimens of it having been recorded from that country. It is 

 quite probable that it does not cross over to the Pacific slope, but 

 remains either in the Caribbean lowlands, or the eastern side of the 

 central plateau. I never saw more than the one bird recorded above, 

 in the five and a half years I spent in that country. 



