60 CArRIMUI,GIDJE. 



Eurostopus nigripennis (Eumsai/). 



Eurostopus nigripennis, Hartert, Cat. Birch B. M. xvi. p. 609 (1892') ; 

 NeJu-k. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 157, tab. iv. fig. 42 (1899) ; Sharpe, 

 Haud-l. ii. p. 81 (19U0). 



The eggs of the Salomon-Islands ]^7ightjar in the Collection are 

 almost elliptical iii shape, and two of tliem are but ver}' slightly 

 gloss}-. They are cream-coloured, marked with well-defined spots 

 and small blotches of blackish brown and lavender-grey. They 

 measure respectively : 1'3S by 1 ; l-4o by 1*0 1 ; 1*4:9 by 1. 



2. Solomon Islands (C. M. Woodford). Crowley Bequest. 



1. [Solomon Islands.] W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus LYNCORNIS, Gould. 



Lyncornis cerviniceps, Gould. 

 (Plate I. fig. 15.) 



Lyncornis cerviniceps. Gates, Birds Brit. Biirm. ii. p. 22 (188.3) ; id. ed. 

 Hume, Nests ^^- Ei/gs lad. Birds, iii. p. 52 (1890) ; Hartert, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xvi. p. 004 (1892) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. 

 p. 192 (1895) ; Sharpe, JIand-l. ii. p. 81 (1900). 



The egg of the Burmese Earel Nightjar in the Collection is 

 elliptical in shape, smooth and glossy. It is cream-coloured, blotched 

 with very pale lilac-grey, looking much as if lying beneath the 

 surface of the shell. It measures I'Go by 1-16. 



1. Malewun, Tenasserim, 10th Jan. Hume Coll. 

 ( W. Davison). 



Genus HYDROPSALIS, ^YaJler. 



Hydropsalis furcifer ( ViellJ.). 



Ilydropsaiis fnrcifera, Scl. Sf Iluds. Ardent. Orn. ii. p, 15 (1889) ; Hartert, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 599 (1892) ; Aplin, Ilns, 1894, p. 188, pi. v. 

 fig. 5 ; Holland, Ibis, 1897, p. 168 ; von I/ierint/, Bee. Mas. Paulista, 

 iv. p. 256 (1900). 



Ilydropsaiis furcifer, Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 82 (1900). 



An egg of the Fork-tailed Nightjar taken by Mr, Aplin is of a 

 pinkish cream-colour, thickly marked with lines, smears and veins 

 of lilac-grey and brown and a few lines of darker purplish brown. 

 The eggs taken by Mr. Holland are of an ashy-white colour, 

 thickly mottled and veined with lavender-grey and ashy-brown. 

 These three eggs are of a blunt oval shape, exhibit a slight amount 

 of gloss, and measure respcctivelv : 1-13 bv '87; 1*15 by '84; 

 1-11 by -84. 



1. Uruguay, 2nd Dec. O. V. Aplin, Esq. [PJ. 



2. Argentine Republic, Nov. A. H. Holland, Esq. fC]. 



