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The eggs of the Nacunda Nightjar taken byilr. Aplin are almost 

 perfectly elliptical in shape and possess a considerable amount of 

 gloss. They are of a pinkish cream-colonr, thickly speckled, blotched 

 and mottled with reddish brown and with faint underlying lavender- 

 grey. They measure respectively : 1*43 by -99 ; I'SO by 1-01. 



A third specimen resembles the above and measures 1'45 by •97. 



2. Uruguay. O. V. Aplin, Esq. [P.]. 



1. lirazil, i6th Oct. {Dalyhish Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus EUROSTOPUS, GouhL 



Eurostopus albigularis ( Vig. 4' Horsf.). 



Eurostopodus nlbigidaris, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 96 (]8G.j) ; 



Jiamsai/, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 113; JSort/i, Nests & Eyys Austr. Birds, 



p. 28, pi. xi. tig. 8 (1889). 

 Eurostopus albigularis, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. G07 (1892) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. lo7 (1899) ; SJiarpe, Iland-l. ii. p. 80 



(1900) ; Campbell, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 535 (1901). 



The egg of the White-throated Nightjar in the Collection is 

 perfectly elliptical in shape and moderately glossy. It is of a rich 

 cream -colour, sparingly spotted with dark purplish brown and 

 underlying deep lavender-grey. It measures I'G by 1-1. 



1. Tavlor Kange, Queensland, Crowley Bequest, 



llth Nov. 



Eurostopus argus, Hartert. 



Capvimulgus guttatus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xlii. fig. 21 (1845- 



54) ; Koeiiig-Warth. J.f. (). 1868, p. 377. 

 Eurostopodus guttatus, Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 98 (1865) ; Rumsag, 



P. Z. -S". 1875, pp. 113, 581 ; Camj'bell, Nests 4'- Bgi/^ Austr. Birds, 



p. 5, pi. i. fig. 49 (1883) ; North, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 27, 



pi. xi. fig. 2(1889). 

 Eurostopus argus, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 608 (1892) ; Rnlwisun 



.V Laverock, Ibis, 1900, p. 637 ; Shnrpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 81 (1900). 

 Eurosto])as guttatus, Campbell, Nests ^- E(/gs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 536, 



pi. 16 (1901). 



Au egg of the Spotted Nightjar in the Collection is of a broad oval 

 shape, another is elliptical. Both are almost devoid of gloss. They 

 arc of a greyish-green colour, sparingly marked with well-defined 

 specks and spots of deep purplish brown. They measure respectively : 

 1-3 by 1-01 ; 1-34 by •!)3. 



A third specimen is ellijnical in shape and slightly glossj". It is 

 rather paler in ground-colour and is spotted with deep purplish 

 brown and underlying lavender-grey. It measures 1-34 by -97. 



1. Dawson River, Queensland, 16th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



{North Coll.). 

 1. Keed-beds, Adelaide, Australia Gould Coll. 



{S. White). 

 1. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



