G4 CAPRIMULOIDJ5. 



Genus CAPRIMULGUS, Linn. 

 Caprimulgus nigrescens, Cab. 



Antrostomus nigrescens, Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 438. 



Caprimulgus nigrescens, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 572 (1892) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 156 (1899); von Ihering, Rev. Mus 

 Paulista, iv. p. 256 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l ii. p. 84 (1900). 



The eggs of the Dusky Nightjar in the Collection are moderately 

 glossy and of a pale pinkish-buff colour, marked with clear, well-- 

 defined spots and blotches of dark chocolate-brown and underlying 

 lavender-grey. They measure respectively : -98 by *74 ; 1'05 by '73. 



2. British Guiana (H. Whitely). Crowley Bequest. 



Caprimulgus vociferus, Wils. 



Caprimulgus vociferus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vb'g. tab. xlii. fig. 18 a, b 



(1845-54) ; Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 568 (1892) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 156 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 84 (1900). 

 Antrostromus vociferus, Brewer, N. Amer. Ool. pt. i. p. 84, pi. v. fig. 57 



(1856) ; Baird, Brewer # Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 413 (1874) ; 



Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 146, pi. i. figs. 10 & 11 



(1895). 



The eggs of the Whip-poor-Will are of a creamy- white colour, 

 spotted and blotched with dark lavender-grey. Some specimens, 

 however, are also spotted with pale, rufous and various shades of 

 brown. They have a moderate amount of gloss, and measure from 

 1-04 to 1-18 in length, and from -76 to -86 in breadth. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. North America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 2. North America, 13th June (Field Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



1. Say brook, Connecticut. W. Radeliffe Saunders, Esq. 



2. Philadelphia (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Caprimulgus carolinensis (Gm.). 



Antrostomus carolinensis, Brewer, N. Amer. Ool. pt. i. p. 82, pi. v. fig. 56 



(1856) ; Baird, B reiver $ Ridg.iv. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 410 (1874) ; 



Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 142, pi. i. figs. 8, 9 (1895). 

 Caprimulgus carolinensis, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 565 ( 1892) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 155 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 85 



(1900). 



The eggs of the Carolina ^Nightjar in the Collection are white, 

 blotched and. marbled with lavender-gre, and, in a lesser degree, 

 with various shades of brown. They have but little gloss, and 

 measure respectively: 1'44 by 1 ; 1-3 by 1 ; 1-44 by 1-08 ; 1'37 

 by 1-01 ; 1-28 by -91 ; 1-29 by '94. 



North America (Smiths. List.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



North America (Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Missouri, 4th May. W. Radclifi'e Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 1. Georgia. (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



