CAI'Kl.MUI.GUS. / JL 



Tlie eggs of the Madagascar Nightjar are smaller than those of 

 C. europteus, but otherwise closely resemble the common tj'pe of egg 

 of that species. Tliey measure from 98 to 1-09 in length, and from 

 •71 to -78 in breadtli. 



2. Betsileo, Madag-ascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 



t<. Madagascar [Tristrrwi Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



o. Madagascar. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. [P.]. 



Caprimulgus europaeus, Linn. 



Caprimuln-us europaeus, Thien. Fortpfluiiz. ges. Viig. tab. xlii. fig. 15, n-r, 

 (l,S4.Vo4); Baedeker, Eier Fai,: Vog. tab. 50. tig. 8 (1855-63^ 

 Ilewitgon, Einj.-i of Brit. Birds, i. p. 270, pi. l.xvi. (18")G) ; Dresser, 

 Birds Fur. iV. p. 621 (1875) ; Seehohn, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 309, pi. 17 

 (1S84); IVhitehend, Ibis, lSSrr>, p. 27 ; Hnrtert, Cut. Birds B. M. 

 xvi. p. 52G (1892); Seelwhm, Egqs of Brit. Birds, p. l(i:5, pi. 47. 

 figs. 4, 5, & 6 (.1806) ; Hharj^e, Ha'nd-l. ii. p. 87 (1900). 



The majority of the eggs of the Common Xightjar have a white 

 or pale ashy-white ground-colour, and are covered with blotches, 

 veins, smears, and clouds of ashy brown, yellowisli brown, or pale 

 rulbns, together with underlying markings of lavender-grey. On 

 some eggs the markings almost entirely consist of well-defined 

 blotches ; on others indistinct shapeless clouds and smears, inter- 

 mingled with veins and lines. The underlying markings arc always 

 very large and prominent. 



Eggs of another type have the ground cream-coloured or of a pale 

 salmon-pink colour, with the markings of the same character as 

 those described above. 



Specimens measure from 1"1 to 1'4 in length, and from "8 to •95 

 in breadth. 



2. Co. Waterford, Ireland, 3rd June. R. J. Ussher,Esq. [P. 



2. Co. Waterford, 10th July. R. J. Ussher, Esq. [P. 



2. Cambridge.shire ( F. Bond). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Cambridgeshire {F. B.). Seebuhm Coll. 

 8. New Poorest, Hampshire {Harqitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.). 



2. New Forest {H. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. New Fore.st, June (if. S.). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. New Forest, 12th June {H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Alice Holt, near Bentlev, Hampshire, Seebohm Coll. 



29th July {Hargitt Coll.). 



2. Headley, Ilamiisliire, .luiie. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Stanniore, Middlesex {Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.). 



1. Finchley, Middlesex (0.<S'.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Finolilpv(0.-S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 2. Ilighgate Wood, Middlesex (O. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 o. Near London. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 4. Surrey. Gould Coll. 

 2. Churt, Surrey, May. Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Churt, June. ' Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Churt, June. Crowley Bequest. 



