64 CAPKIMUI,OID^. 



Geims CAPKIMULGUS, L!nn. 

 Caprimulgus nigrescens, Cah. 



Antrostomus nigTescens, Salv. Ihis, 1885, p. 438. 



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

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 156 (1899) ; vmi Iherinq, Hev. Mus.' 

 Pmdista, iv. p. 256 (1900) ; Sharpe, Haud-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, Vog. tab. xlii. tig. 18 a, h 



(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. 67 



(1856) ; Baird, Brewer Sr 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 {Henshaio Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

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



CoU.). 



1. Saybrook, Connecticut. W. Radclilfe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



2. Philadelphia (TTOiraw! C»ff.). Crowley Bequest. 



Caprimulgus carolinensis (Gm.). 



Antrostomus carolinensis, Brewer, N. Amer. Ool. pt. i. p. 82, pi. v. fig. 66 



(1856) ; Baird, Brewer Xf Rtdyw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 410 (1874) ; 



Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 142, pi. i, iigs. 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-grey, 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. 



1. North Anierica [Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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



2. Missouri, 4th May. W. Radclifie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 1. Georgia [Trjstram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



