. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 410 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. Antrostomus carolinensis, Gould. CHUCX-WILL'S WIDOW. Caprimiilgus carolinensu% Gmelin, Syst. Xat. I, 178S, 1028.—Attd. Orn. Riog. I, 1832, 273, pi. lii ; V, 1839, 401. — Ib. Birds Am. I, 1840, 151, pi. xli. — \, Cab, J. 18t>8, 368 (nesting). Antrostomus carolimnsls, Gould, Icoues Avium, 1838 ? — , lUust. N. Am. IJirds, I, 1855, 236. — Baiisd, Birds N. Am. 1858, 147. — A
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 410 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. Antrostomus carolinensis, Gould. CHUCX-WILL'S WIDOW. Caprimiilgus carolinensu% Gmelin, Syst. Xat. I, 178S, 1028.—Attd. Orn. Riog. I, 1832, 273, pi. lii ; V, 1839, 401. — Ib. Birds Am. I, 1840, 151, pi. xli. — \, Cab, J. 18t>8, 368 (nesting). Antrostomus carolimnsls, Gould, Icoues Avium, 1838 ? — , lUust. N. Am. IJirds, I, 1855, 236. — Baiisd, Birds N. Am. 1858, 147. — Allen, B. Fla. 300. Capr'nnuUjiis nt/rn, Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, 57, pi. XXV (9). Caprimuhjiis brac/n/pterus, Stephens, Shaw's Zobl. X, I, 1825 ? 150. S/tort-icitifjcd Goatsucker, VESiiASTf Avctic Zoijl. II, 17S5, i3i. Sp. Char. Bristles of tlio bill with lateral filaments. Wing nearly nine inches long. Top of the head finely mottled reddish-brown, longitudinally streaked with black. The. Antrostomus carolinensis. prevailing shade above and below pale rufous. Terminal two-thirds of the tail-feathers (except the four central) rufous white ; outer webs of all mottled, however, nearly to the tips. Female without the white patch on the tail. Length, ; wing, Hab. South Atlantic and Gulf States to Yeragua; Cuba in winter. Cuba (Caban. T. IV, 6, winter) ; San Antonio, Texas (Dresser, Ibis, 18G5, 70, breeds); Costa Rica (Lawr. IX, 120); Veragua (Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, 303). This, according to Sclater, is the largest of the Antrostomi and the only species with lateral filaments to the bristles of the mouth. The extent of the white spaces on the inner webs of tail-feathers varies with the individual, but in none does it occupy less than the terminal lialf. The A. rufus {Caprimidgvs ru/us, BoDD. ct Gmel. ex PI. EnL 735 (?);. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colorat
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