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REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
Flickeb; Golden-winged Woodpecker; Yellow-hammer; 
Pigeon Woodpecker; High-hole; Tucker; Olape —(Colaptes 
auratus luteus). 
A common, brown-backed, white-rumped woodpecker, with a scarlet band 
across the back of the head, a golden lining to the wings and tail, a black cres¬ 
cent on the breast below the reddish throat, and a light-colored belly, thickly 
spotted with round black dots. 
Breeds in eastern North America, westward to the plains. Winters mainly 
south of the Middle States. Abundant summer resident. A few also occur every 
winter in southern New Jersey. 
FAMILY CAPRIMULGIDiE.—TTIE GOATSUCKERS. 
Only three species, if chuck-will’s widow is given, occur in the 
district under consideration. 
Chuck-will’s Widow— ( Antrostomus carolinensis ). 
A large, finely mottled, brownish bird, resembling the whip-poor-will, with¬ 
out any pure white markings. The mouth is very large, and the rictal bristles 
long and with hair-like branches for half their length. 
Said to have been seen in New Jersey. Accidental. 
Whip-poob-will — (Antrostomus vociferus ). 
A bird similar to tlie chuck-will’s widow, but smaller; the male is marked 
with a pure white collar, and the end half of each of the three outer tail 
feathers is white. This bird flies and makes its whippoorwill notes after 
sunset and before sunrise. 
Breeds in Virginia to Nova Scotia, westward. Winters in Gulf States to 
Mexico and Guatemala. Common transient, breeding along the mountains 
and in the wilder secluded parts of southern New Jersey. 
YiGHTHAWK; Bull-hat—( Chordeiles virginianus ) . 
A bat-like, night and evening-flying, dark-colored, finely mottled bird, with 
conspicuous white patches at about the middle of the wings, looking like 
holes when the bird is flying. It differs from the foregoing species in flying 
high in the air and in having almost no rictal bristles. 
Breeds in eastern North America. Winters in West Indies and Mexico to 
South America. Summer resident, generally distributed through the open 
country. In August the nighthawks collect in large flocks before passing 
southward. 
