Bird Guide: Land Birds East of the Rockies, from Parrots to Bluebirds

by Chester A. Reed

MERRILL PARAQUE

419. Nyctidromus albicollis merrilli. 13 inches

As usual with birds of this family, sexual difference in the plumage occurs chiefly on the tips of the outer tail feathers. These birds are common in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. Their eggs differ from any of the preceding in having a salmon-colored ground.