Antrostomus (antrostomus)

[NL., Chuck-will's-widow ( Antrostomus carol in ens is). named from the cavernous mouth, garnished with long rietal vibri e. The nostrils are oval with a raised rim, but not tubular; the wings are short and rounded; the tail is long and rounded; the tarsus is short and feathered, the middle claw pectinate; the plumage is very lax and mottled; and the eggs are usually marbled. The type of the genus is the Carol in i an chuck-will's-widow (A. carol in ens is), and the genus is usually made to include all the true night-jars or goatsuckers of America, such as the whippoorwill ( A. vociferus ), the poor-will ( A. nut tall i ), and others of the warmer parts of America related to and resembling the old-world species of Caprimulgus proper. John Gould, 1838.