PODAGEE. ECROSTOPUS. 59 



The eggs of the Nacunda Nightjar taken by Mr. Aplin are almost 

 perfectly elliptical in shape and possess a considerable amount of 

 gloss. They are of a pinkish cream-colour, thickly speckled, blotched 

 and mottled with reddish brown and with faint undel-lying lavender- 

 grey. They measure respectively : 1-43 by -99 ; 1-39 by 1-01. 



A third specimen resembles the above and measures 1-45 by -97. 



Uruguay. 0. V. Aplin, Esq. [P.]. 



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1. Brazil, 16th Oct. {Dalgleish Coll.). Orowley^Bequest. 



Genus EUROSTOPUS, GouU. 



Eurostopus albigularis ( Tig. Sf Homf.). 



Eurostopodus albigularis, Gould, Handb. Birds Auatr. i. p. 96 (1865) ; 



Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 113; North, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, 



p. 28, pi. xi. fig. .3 (1889). 

 Eurostopus albigularis, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 607 (1892) ; 



Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 157 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 80 



(1900) ; Campbell, Nests Sf Eggs Amtr. Birds, ii. p. 535 (1901). 



The egg of the White-throated Nightjar in the Collection is 

 perfectly elliptical in shape and moderately glossy. It is of a rich 

 cream -colour, sparingly sjjotted with dark purplish brown and 

 underlying deep lavender-grey. It measures 1-6 by l-l. 



1. Tavlor Range, Queensland, Crowley Bequest, 



llth Nov. 



Eurostopus argus, Hartert. 



Caprimulgus guttatus, Tliien. Fortpjlanz. qes. Vog. tab. xlii. fig. 21 (1845- 



54) ; Komig-Warth. J.f. O. 1868, p." .377. 

 Eurostopodus guttatus, Gould-, Uandb. B. Austr. i. p. 98 (1865) ; Bamsay, 



P. Z. 8. 1875, pp. 113, 581 ; Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, 



p. 5, pi. i. fig. 49 (1883) ; North, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 27, 



pi. xi. fig. 2 (1889). 

 Eurostopus argus, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 608 (1893) ; Robinson 



8f Laverock, Ms, 1900, p. 637 ; Sliarpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 81 (1900). 

 Eurostopus guttatus, Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs Auatr. Birds, ii. p. 536, 



pi. 16 (1901). 



An egg of the Spotted Nightjar in the Collection is of a broad oval 

 shape, another is elliptical. Both are almost devoid of gloss. They 

 are of a greyish-green colour, sparingly marked with well-defined 

 specks and spots of deep purplish brown. They measure respectively ; 

 1-3 by 1-01 ; 1-34 by -93. 



A third specimen is elliptical in shape and slightly glossy. It is 

 rather paler in ground-colour and is spotted with deep purplish 

 brown and underlying lavender-grey. It measures 1"34 by '97. 



1. Dawson River, Queensland, 16th Oct, Crowley Bequest. 



{North Coll.). 

 1. Reed-beds, Adelaide, Australia Gould Coll. 



{S. White). 

 1. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



