. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. CAPEIMULGIDJS;, GOATSUCKEES. â GEN. 115. 181 tfiwny ( 9 ) ; a liar across the throat white (<? ) or tawny ( 9 ) ; below mottled with dusky and whitish; 9-10 long; wing 5-6; tail 4-5, much rounded. Eastern United States, abundant; a nocturnal bird, rarely seen, but well known for its loud strange cry, whence its name is taken. Eggs 2, ellip-
. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. CAPEIMULGIDJS;, GOATSUCKEES. â GEN. 115. 181 tfiwny ( 9 ) ; a liar across the throat white (<? ) or tawny ( 9 ) ; below mottled with dusky and whitish; 9-10 long; wing 5-6; tail 4-5, much rounded. Eastern United States, abundant; a nocturnal bird, rarely seen, but well known for its loud strange cry, whence its name is taken. Eggs 2, ellip- tical, I'l by -J, white, si^ecklcd and blotched. Wils., v, 72, pi. 41, f. 1, 2, 3; NuTT.,i, 614; Aud., i, 155, pi. 42; Bd., 148 vocieerus. o) L ^ NuUalVs W/iij)2)OoriL'iU. Somewhat similar; small; about 8 ; tail under 4 ; much paler in tone ; crown barred transversely ; throat i^atch very large ; tawny prevailing over black on the wings; terminal white tail spots short. Note different, the first syllable being omitted. Plains to the Pacific, U. S. Aur).,vii, 350, pi. 495; Cass., 111. 237 ; Bd.,149; Coop., 340. nuttallii. x^ t( h â -â 115. Genus CHORDEILES Swainson. JVight-haicJi. Bull-hat. Above, mottled with black, l)rown, gray and tawny, the former in excess ; below from the breast transversely Ijarred with blackish and white or pale fulvous ; throat with a large white (^ $ ) or taAvny ( 9 ) cross-bar; tail blackish, with distant pale marl)led cross-bars and a large white spot (wanting in the $ ) on one or both webs of nearly all the feathers toward the end ; quills dusky, unmarked except by one large white spot on five outer primaries about midway between their l^ase and tip ; in the ? this area restricted or not pure white. Length about 9 ; wing about 8 ; tail 5. Temperate North America, abundant. This species flies abroad at all times, though it is perhaps most active towards evening and in dull weather ; and is gener- ally seen in companies, busily foraging for insects
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