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Genns PHAL-ffiNOPTILUS, Ekljw. 



Phalsenoptilus nuttalli (Auduh.). 



Antrnstonuis iniUalli, Baird, lirnrer c^- lihh/^c. N. Aviei: Birds, ii. -p. 417 



(1874). 

 riiala^noptilus Duttalli, Ilartevt, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 579 (1892) ; 



Sail). Sf Godrn. Biol. Cmtr.-Avier., Aves, ii. p. .'389 (1894) ; Bmdire, 



Life-Hist. N. Amer. Bird.% ii. p. 153, pi. i. fig-. 23 (1895) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 156 (1899) ; S/taj-pe, Hand-l. ii. p. 83 (1900). 



The eggs of Nuttall's Nightjar are of a narrow elliptical form, 

 raoderately glossy, and of a plain white. Two examples measure 

 respectively : 1-12 by -78 ; I'l by -77. 



2. North America {Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus STENOPSIS, Cass. 

 Stenopsis longirostris (-Z?2>.)- 



Caprimulgus bifasciatus, Koe7iig-Warfh. J.f. 0. 18G8. p. 382, tab. ii. 



tig. 3. 

 Stenopsis bifasciata, Sd. S^- Huds. Ardent. Orn. ii. p. 14 (1889). 

 Stenopsis longirostris, Hartert, Cut. Biirl.s B. 3l. xvi. p. 685 (1892) ; 



Jajnes, I\'ejr list Chilian Birds, p. 5 (1692) ; Nehrk. Eaf. Eiersavuni. 



p. 156 (1899); von Ihering, Bev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 256 (igCO)' 



Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 83 (1900). 



The eggs of the Banded-winged Nightjar are elliptical in shape and 

 exhibit a little gloss. They are ashy white, marked all over with 

 specks, spots, and. in some instances, short angular lines of yellowish 

 brown and indistinct spots and blotches of underlying grev. Six 

 examples measure from 1 to l-QS in length, and from -77 to -8 in 

 breadth. 



1- Chile. Old Collection. 



1- Chile. Crowlev Bequest. 



2. Central Chile (Landheck). Berkelev James Coll. 



2. Central Chile (Pauhev). Berkeley James Coll. 



Stenopsis ruficervix, Sd. 



Stenopsis ruficervix, .Sc/. S,- Saiv. P. Z. 8. 1879, p. 531 ; HarteH, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xvi. p. 584 (1892): Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 156 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 84 (1900). 



The eggs of the American Eed-necked Nightjar are elliptical or 

 broadly oval in shape, and are almost devoid of all gloss. The 

 specimens in the Collection are of a plain white colour, but 

 :Mr. Salmon states that the eggs of this species are sometimes of a 

 ])ale red colour with small spots. Four examples measure respec- 

 tively : 1-1 by -82 ; 1 06 by -75 ; M by "79 ; 1-08 by -77. 



2. Santa Eler.a.Antioquia, U.S. Colom- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



bia ('/'. A'. 'Sahnon). 

 -■ (-'olouibia. Crowley Bequest. 



