60 



Eurostopus nigripennis (Rumsay). 



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

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 157, tab. iv. fig. 42 (1899) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-L ii. p. 81 (1900). 



The eggs of the Salomon-Islands Nightjar in the Collection are 

 almost elliptical in shape, and two of them are but very slightly 

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

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

 measure respectively : 1'38 by 1 ; 1-45 by 1-01 ; T49 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. Burm. ii. p. 22 (1883) ; id. ed. 

 Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 52 (1890) ; Hartert, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xvi. p. (304 (1892) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. 

 p. 192 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-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 1'65 by 1-16. 



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

 ( W. Davison). 



Genus HYDROPSALIS, Wagler. 



Hydropsalis furcifer ( Vieill.). 



Hydropsalis furcifera, Scl. fy Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p, 15 (1889) ; Hartert, 

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

 fig. 5 ; Holland, Ibis, 1897, p. 168 ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, 

 iv. p. 256 (1900). 



Hydropsalis 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 respectively: 1'13 by '87; 1*15 by *84; 

 1-11 by -84. 



3. Uruguay, 2nd Dec. O. V. Aplin, Esq. [P.] t 



2. Argentine Republic, Nov. A. II. Holland, Esq.-[tVj.~ 



