. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. FAM. XA'I. GOATSUCKERS 169 Key to the Species * Rictal bristles very small, I inch or less long ; tail notched at tip ; wings with a conspicuous white spot (or tawny in the female of a Texas species). (B.) * Rictal bristles, ! inch or more long and branching with short lateral hairs ; wing, 7^ or more long 1. Chuck-will's-widow. * Rictal bristles long, but not branching.^ (A.) A. Tail less than 2 inches shorter than the wing ; no white blotches on the wings, which
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. FAM. XA'I. GOATSUCKERS 169 Key to the Species * Rictal bristles very small, I inch or less long ; tail notched at tip ; wings with a conspicuous white spot (or tawny in the female of a Texas species). (B.) * Rictal bristles, ! inch or more long and branching with short lateral hairs ; wing, 7^ or more long 1. Chuck-will's-widow. * Rictal bristles long, but not branching.^ (A.) A. Tail less than 2 inches shorter than the wing ; no white blotches on the wings, which are usually 6 or more .2. Whip-poor-will. A. Tail fully 2 inches shorter than the wings ; no white blotches on the wings, which are less than 6 long 3. Poor-will. A. Tail about as long as the wings ; a large white blotch on the wings, which are 6-8 long Merrill's Parauque (3). B. Wing over 7^ long 4. Nighthawk and Western Nighthawk. B. Wing, 7^ or less long. 5. Texas Nighthawk. Florida Nighthawk (4). 1. Chuck-will's-widow (416. Antrdstomas caroUnensis).—A large, finely mottled, brownish bird resembling the whip-poor- will, without any pure white markings. The mouth is very large, and the rictal bristles long and with hair- like branches for half their length. The 7nale has an indistinct whitish band across the throat, and the female a buffy one. Length, llj ; wing, 8} (8-9); tail, 0 ; culmen, |. South Atlan- tic and Gulf States ; breeding from Illinois and North Carolina southward, and wintering from our southern border to Central America. Accidental in Massachusetts. 2. Whip-poor-will (417. Antrdstomus vociferus). — A bird similar to the last, but smaller; the vialc is marked with a pure white collar, and the end half of each of the three outer tail feathers is white. The female has buff Wliip-poor-wiU ^^ neck and tail. Chnck-will's-widow. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - co
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