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CAPRIMULGIN^. 
CHORDEILES. 
in bars with light brownish- red; four middle tail-feathers like those 
of the back, the three lateral white in their terminal half ; throat and 
breast similar to the back, with a transverse band of white on the 
fore neck, the rest of the lower parts paler and mottled. Female like 
the male, but with the lateral tail-feathers reddish-white toward the 
tip only, and the band across the fore neck pale yellowish-brown. 
Male, 9 |, 19 , Female. 
From Texas to Lake Huron, and the base of the Rocky Mountains. 
A few remain in winter in Florida. 
Whip-poor-will, Caprimulgus vociferus, Wils. Amer. Orii. v. v. p. 71. 
Caprimtilgus vociferus, Bonap. Syn. p. 62. 
Wiip-poor-wdlJ, Caprimulgus vociferus, Aud, Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 422 ; v. v. p. 405. 
Whip-poor-will, Caprimulgus vociferus, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 614. 
GENUS II. CHORDEILES, Swainson. NIGHT-HAWK. 
Mouth opening to beneath the centre of the eyes ; bill 
extremely small ; upper mandible with the tip decurved, 
and a deep lateral groove. Nostrils oblong, prominent, 
marginate. Eyes very large. Aperture of ear elliptical, 
very large. Head very large, depressed, but less so than 
in Caprimulgus. Claw of middle toe pectinate. No bristles 
at the base of the upper mandible. Wings very long, 
pointed, with the first quill longest, and the secondaries 
very short. Tail emarginate. 
43. 1. Chordeiles Virginianus, Briss. Virginian Night- 
Hawk. — Bat. Crapaud volant. 
Plate CXLVII. Male and Female. 
Upper parts brownish-black, mottled with white and pale reddish- 
brown ; a conspicuous white bar extending across the inner web of 
the first, and the whole breadth of the next four quills ; tail-feathers 
barred with brownish-grey, the four outer on each side plain brownish- 
black towards the end, with a large white spot ; sides of the head and 
fore neck mottled like the back ; a broad white band, in the form of 
the letter V reversed on the throat and sides of the neck ; the rest of 
the lower parts greyish- white, transversely undulated with dark 
brown. Female similar, with the dark parts more brown, the white 
more tinged with red, the band on the throat brownish- white, and the 
white spots on the tail-feathers wanting. 
Male, 9 ^, 23 |. Female, 9 |, 23 |. 
From Texas northward. Columbia River. Throughout the interior. 
Migratory. Very abundant, 
