60 CAPlimULGIBJE. 



Eurostopus nigripennis {Ramsay). 



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

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

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



The eggs of the' Solomon-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 ; 1-49 by 1. 



2. SididmonlAan&s (C. M. Woodford). Crowley Bequest. 



1. [Solomon Islands.] W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. • 



Genus LYNCOENIS, Gould. 



Lyncornis cerviniceps, Ooidd. 



(Plate I. fig. 15.) 



Lyncornis cerviniceps. Dates, Birds Brit. Burm. ii. p. 22 (1883) ; id. ed. 

 Hume, Nests i^ Ei/gs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 52 (1890) ; Hartert, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xvi. p. 004 (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. JDavison). 



Genus HYDROPSALIS, Wacjler. 

 Hydropsalis furcifer ( Vieill.). 



I-Iydropsalis furcifera, Scl. Sr Huds. Argent. Om. 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, Reo. Mas. Paulista, 

 iv. p. 256 (1900). ' 



Hydropsalis furcifer, Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 82 (1900). 



An egg of the Pork-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 -ST- M5 'bv Si- 

 1-11 by -84. -^ ' 



1. Uruguay, 2nd Dec. 0. V. Aplio, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Argentme Republic, Novj A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 



