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Genus PHALiENOPTILUS, Eidgw. 



Phalsenoptilus nuttalli {Audul.). 



Antrostomus nuttalli, Baird, Breicer &■ Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 417 

 (1874). ' ^ 



Phalsenoptilus nuttalli, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 579 (1892) ; 

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

 Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 153, pi. i. fig. 23 (1896) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Biersamml. 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 ; 1-1 by -77. 



2. North America {Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus STENOPSIS, Cass. 

 Stenopsis longirostris {Bp.). 



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



lig. 3. 

 Stenopsis bifasciata, Scl. Sr Suds. Argent. Orv. ii. p. 14 (1889). 

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



James, New List Chilian Birds, p. 5 (1892) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. 



p. 156 (1899) ; von Ihering, Bev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 206 (19C0) ; 



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. Crowley Bequest. 



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

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



Stenopsis ruficervix, Scl. 



Stenopsis ruficervix, Scl. Sr 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 Eed-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. Tour examples measure respec- 

 tively : 1-1 by -82 ; 1 06 by -75 ; 1-1 by -79 ; 1-08 by -77. 



2. Santa Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Colom- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



bia ( T. K. Salmon). 

 2. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



