This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...the white occupies about an inch of the end of each of the outer three feathers, and is evenly separated from the black of the rest of the feather; whereas the exposed portion of the outer lateral feather in T. ciireolus is entirely white, the next nearly so, and the third feather irregularly white at the end. Numerous ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...the white occupies about an inch of the end of each of the outer three feathers, and is evenly separated from the black of the rest of the feather; whereas the exposed portion of the outer lateral feather in T. ciireolus is entirely white, the next nearly so, and the third feather irregularly white at the end. Numerous specimens are in Prof. Sumichrast's collection from Tehuantepec. Fam. Caprimulgid. 141. Chordeiles texensis Lawr. Mazatlan, Grayson. "This I have found to be a common species in Western Mexico, particularly in the vicinity of San Blas and Mazatlan. I also found it in Tehuantepec. Like all the birds of this genus, it rests quietly during the day upon the ground, or some old moss-covered log, darkly shaded, and in the most gloomy and secluded parts of the forest. They will suffer themselves to be almost trodden upon at times before taking wing, and were they to remain quiet they could scarcely be perceived, so nearly are they of the color of the withered leaves or the mossy log on which they rest. "Its flight is easy and graceful, at times skimming low to the earth, and at others soaring to a great height whilst in pursuit of nocturnal insects, upon which it chiefly subsists; they usually make their appearance a little after sunset in considerable numbers. "The egg is deposited on the withered leaves without the least appearance of a nest, in some retired spot in the woods; there are sometimes two eggs, but usually one, of a cream color." 142. Nyctidromus albicollis (Gm.). ""Proc. Bost. Soc. of N. H., xiv., p. 273. Mazatlan, Plains of Colima, Xantus; Tres Marias, Grayson. Fam. Ctpselid: . There are no specimens of this Family in any of the collections from Western Mexico, but on Col. Grayson's list there are the Eng...
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