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Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America

Name: Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America
Author: Cassin, John

Cassin, John

Birds -- North America

1. Antrostomus carolinensis. (Gm.) The Chuck-wills-widow. The great
          Carolina Goatsucker.
      Caprimulgus carolinensis. Gm., Syst. Nat., II. p. 1028. (1788.)
      Caprimulgus lucifugus. Bartram, Travels, p. 292. (1793.)
      Caprimulgus rufus. Vieill., Ois. d’Am., Sept. 1, p. 57. (1807.)
      Caprimulgus brachypterus. Stephens, Gen. Zool., X. p. 150. (1817.)

  Catesby’s Carolina, I. pl. 8; Vieill., Ois. d’Am., Sept. 1, pl. 25;
  Wilson, Am. Orn., VI. pl. 54, fig. 2; Aud., Birds of Am., pl. 52, Oct.
  ed., I. pl. 41.

  Largest of the North American species. General form broad and robust;
  wing long; second quill longest; tail ample; legs short; bristles at
  the base of the bill strong; each one ciliated; entire upper parts
  dark brown, minutely dotted with reddish fulvous, and with many of the
  feathers having large, longitudinal stripes of black; inferior parts
  similar to the upper, but more minutely marked with black, and marked
  with circular fulvous spots; throat with an uninterrupted collar of
  white, running into a collar of fulvous on the neck behind; quills
  with irregular alternate bars of reddish fulvous and brownish-black;
  middle feathers of the tail reddish fulvous, mottled with, and with
  irregular bars of black; other feathers of the tail similar, but
  tipped with silky white, frequently tinged with reddish fulvous on
  their outer-webs. Female like the male, but without white on the
  tail-feathers.

  Dimensions. Total length, about 12 inches; wing, 8½; tail, 5¾ to 6
  inches.

  Hab. Southern United States. South Carolina (Gibbes); New Mexico
  (McCall); Cuba (Lembeye); Florida (Bartram). Spec. in Mus. Acad.,
  Philada.

Obs. This fine species is frequently met with in the southern and
southwestern States, and is much the largest of the North American birds
of this family.

  2. Antrostomus vociferus. (Wilson.) The Whip-poor-will.
      Caprimulgus vociferus. Wilson, Am. Orn., V. p. 71. (1812.)
      Caprimulgus clamator. Vieill., Nouv. Dict., X. p. 234. (1817.)
      “Caprimulgus virginianus. Linn. Gm.” Vieill., Ois. d’Am., Sept. 1,
          p. 65.
      Caprimulgus macromystax. Wagler, Isis, 1831, p. 533?

  Vieill., Ois. d’Am., Sept. 1, pl. 23; Wilson, Am. Orn., V. pl. 41;
  Aud., Birds of Am., pl. 82; Oct. ed., I. pl. 42; Nat. Hist. N. Y.
  Birds, pl. 27, fig. 39.

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Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America

Cassin, John

Birds -- North America

1. Antrostomus carolinensis. (Gm.) The Chuck-wills-widow. The great
          Carolina Goatsucker.
      Caprimulgus carolinensis. Gm., Syst. Nat., II. p. 1028. (1788.)
      Caprimulgus lucifugus. Bartram, Travels, p. 292. (1793.)
      Caprimulgus rufus. Vieill., Ois. d’Am., Sept. 1, p. 57. (1807.)
      Caprimulgus brachypterus. Stephens, Gen. Zool., X. p. 150. (1817.)

  Catesby’s Carolina, I. pl. 8; Vieill., Ois. d’Am., Sept. 1, pl. 25;
  Wilson, Am. Orn., VI. pl. 54, fig. 2; Aud., Birds of Am., pl. 52, Oct.
  ed., I. pl. 41.

  Largest of the North American species. General form broad and robust;
  wing long; second quill longest; tail ample; legs short; bristles at
  the base of the bill strong; each one ciliated; entire upper parts
  dark brown, minutely dotted with reddish fulvous, and with many of the
  feathers having large, longitudinal stripes of black; inferior parts
  similar to the upper, but more minutely marked with black, and marked
  with circular fulvous spots; throat with an uninterrupted collar of
  white, running into a collar of fulvous on the neck behind; quills
  with irregular alternate bars of reddish fulvous and brownish-black;
  middle feathers of the tail reddish fulvous, mottled with, and with
  irregular bars of black; other feathers of the tail similar, but
  tipped with silky white, frequently tinged with reddish fulvous on
  their outer-webs. Female like the male, but without white on the
  tail-feathers.

  Dimensions. Total length, about 12 inches; wing, 8½; tail, 5¾ to 6
  inches.

  Hab. Southern United States. South Carolina (Gibbes); New Mexico
  (McCall); Cuba (Lembeye); Florida (Bartram). Spec. in Mus. Acad.,
  Philada.

Obs. This fine species is frequently met with in the southern and
southwestern States, and is much the largest of the North American birds
of this family.

  2. Antrostomus vociferus. (Wilson.) The Whip-poor-will.
      Caprimulgus vociferus. Wilson, Am. Orn., V. p. 71. (1812.)
      Caprimulgus clamator. Vieill., Nouv. Dict., X. p. 234. (1817.)
      “Caprimulgus virginianus. Linn. Gm.” Vieill., Ois. d’Am., Sept. 1,
          p. 65.
      Caprimulgus macromystax. Wagler, Isis, 1831, p. 533?

  Vieill., Ois. d’Am., Sept. 1, pl. 23; Wilson, Am. Orn., V. pl. 41;
  Aud., Birds of Am., pl. 82; Oct. ed., I. pl. 42; Nat. Hist. N. Y.
  Birds, pl. 27, fig. 39.

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