PODAEGUS — ^EUEOSTOPODUS. 27 



on. the horizontal branch of any suitable tree. Eggs three in 

 number for a sitting, perfectly white, elongated in form, shell 

 finely granulate. Dimensions of a set taken at Dobroyde, 

 October 16th, 1862. Length (A) 1-88 x 1-32 inch; (B) 1-85 x 

 1-35 inch ; (C) 1-94 x 1-32 inch, 



The breeding season commences in September, and is at its 

 height in October, and continues the two following months. 



Hab. Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, 

 Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, 

 Interior, Victoria and South Australia. (Rainsay.) 



POD ARGUS CUVIERI, Vigurs and Hor^Jidd. 



Ouvier's Podargus. 



Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust, Vol. i , sp. 41, p. 87. jET ^. 



The nidification of this species is similar to that of 1'. striijoides, 

 but the nest is more compactly and securely built. Eggs 

 white, of a uniform size at both ends ; specimens taken in 

 Tasmania, in October, 1885, measure as follows : — length (A) 

 1-71 X 1-23 inch ; (B) 1-73 x 1-23 inch. 



Hab. Victoria and Tasmania. (^Ramsay.) 



Genus EUROSTOPODUS, 



EUROSTOPODUS GUTTATUS, Vigors and Eor»field. 



Spotted Nightjar. 



Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 49, p. 98. JXZT ^. 



" Its single egg is laid on the ground without any preparation for 

 it, usually near some stone or stump on the side of a stony ridge ; 

 the ground colour is of a light greenish creamy- white, sparingly 



