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Genus PHAL^NOPTILUS, Ridgw. 



Phalsenoptilus nuttalli {AwJuh.). 



Antrostomus nuttalli, Baivd, Brewer Sf Ridgic. i\'. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 417 



(1874). 

 Phalaenoptiliis uuttalH, Ilartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 579 (1892) ; 



iSa/v. Si- Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Ares, ii. p. 389 (1894) ; Bendire, 



Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 158, pi. i. fig; 23 (1895) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 156 (1899) ; Shmye, Hand-I. ii. p. 83 (1900). 



The eggs of Xuttall's jS'ightjar are of o narrow elliptical form, 

 moderately glossy, and of a plain "white. Two examples measure 

 respectively : 1-12 by -78 ; 1-1 by -77. 



2. North America (Field Ctdl.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus STENOPSIS, Cass. 

 Stenopsis longirostris {Bii.). 



Caprimulgus bifasciatus, Koenif/-Warfli. J.f. 0. 1868. p. 382, tab. ii. 



tig. 3. 

 Stenopsis bifasciata, Scl. S,- Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 14 (1889). 

 Stenopsis longirostris, Hartert, Cut. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 585 (1892) ; 



James, Neiv List Chilian Birds, p. 5 (1892) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 156 (1899); von Iherivg, Bev. Mus. Pavlista, iv. p. 256 (19C0) ; 



Shar2Je, Eand-l. ii. p. 83 (1900). 



The eggs of the Banded-winged jS^ightjar 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 grey. Six 

 examples measure from 1 to I'OS in length, and from -77 to -8 in 

 breadth. 



1. Chile. Old Collection. 



1. Chile. Crowley Bequest. 



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

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



Stenopsis ruficervix, Sd. 



Stenopsis ruficervix, Scl. S^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 531 ; Ilartert, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xvi. p. 584 (1892) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eierscmml. p. 156 

 ^^899) ; Sharpe, Rand-l. ii. p. 84 (1900). 



The eggs of the American Eed-necked Xightjar are elli2)tical 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 

 pale red colour with small spots. Four examples measure respec- 

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



2. Santa Elena. Antioquia, U.S. Colom- Salvin-Godman ColL 



bia (T. K. S(dmon). 

 2. Colombia. Crowley Request. 



