collected in Dutch New Guinea. 197 



A clutch of two eggs was obtained on the Wataikwa on 

 the 9th o£ October, 1910. When taken they were in an 

 advanced stage of incubation, abnost ready to hatch. The 

 shell is rather rough and stained, and the pale lilac markings 

 are very faint. The egg of this species is figured by Oates, 

 Cat. of Eggs, iii. p. &^, pi. 1. fig. 8 (1903). The present 

 specimens measure respectively 32 x 22 and 30 x 22 mm. 



Lyncornis papuensis. 



Lyncornis papuensis (Schleg.) ; Hartert, Cat. xvi. p. 606 

 (1892) ; van Oort. p. 81 (1909). 



? Eurostopodus astrolabce, Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 

 viii. p. 20 (1883),; 



a. $ . Wakatimi, Mimika Eiver, 2nd March, 1911. 

 [No. 1066, C.H.B. G.] 



b. (^ . Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 2nd Oct. 1912. 



[C.B.K.] 



Iris dark brown ; bill and feet dark fleshy-brown. 



This rare Goatsucker was not previously represented in 

 the National Collection. One was obtained by Dr. Lorentz 

 on the Noord River, and in addition to that specimen Dr. van 

 Oort tells us that there are three examples in the Leyden 

 Museum, two males, the types of the species, from Salawatti 

 and Sorong respectively, collected by Dr. Bernstein, and a 

 male from Andai procured by von Rosenberg. 



Rainsay's description of E. astrolabce from South-east 

 New Guinea agrees closely with our specimens, but both his 

 examples seem to have been of a rather more pronounced 

 rufous type. It seems probable, however, that JE. astrolabce 

 is synonymous with L. papuensis. 



" Around Wakatimi the Papuan Eared Nightjar appeared 

 to be more numerous than Caprimulgus macrurus. It fre- 

 quented the banks of the river and often perched on the roofs 

 of our huts, as well as on the ground and the tops of the 

 trees, especially on the broad fronds of the cocoa-nut palm." — 

 C. II. B. G. 



