PHAL.EXOPTILTJS . STENOPSLS. 63 



Genus PHAL^NOPTILUS, Eidgw. 



Phalsenoptilus nuttalli (Audub.}. 



Antrostomus nuttalli, Baird, Brewer fy Ridaw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 417 



(1874). 

 Phalfenoptilus uuttalli, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 579 (1892) ; 



Salv. $ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. p. 389 (1894) ; Bendire, 



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



Kat. Eicrsamml p. 156 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l ii. p. 83 (1900). 



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

 moderately 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, Cast. 

 Stenopsis longirostris 



Caprimulgus bifasciatus, Koenig-Warth. J.f. O. 1868, p. 382, tab. ii. 



fig. 3. 



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

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



James, New list Chilian Birds, p. 5 (1892) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 156 (1899) ; von Iheriny, Rev. Mus. Paidista, iv. p. 256 (19CO) ; 



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 grey. Six 

 examples measure from 1 to 1-08 in length, and from -77 to -8 in 

 breadth. 



1. Chile. Old Collection. 



1. Chile. Crow ley Bequest. 



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

 '2. Central Chile (Paidsen}. Berkeley James Coll. 



Stenopsis ruficervix, Scl. 



Stenopsis ruticervix, Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 531 ; Hartert, 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 Red-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 

 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 Elei a. Antioqma, U.S. Colom- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



hi a (T. K. Salmon}. 

 '2. Colombia. Crowlfy Bequest. 



