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marked all over with clots and oval spots of blackish and slaty- 

 brown, a few markings appearing as if beneath the surface of 

 theshell. Length 1 -38 x 1 inch in breadth, both ends nearly equal." 

 {P.Z.S., 1875, p. 581, Ramsay.) 



An egg of this species in my possession taken by Mr. George 

 Barnard in 1886, measures 1-31 inch in length by 0-97 inch in 

 breadth. 



Hab. Derby, N. W. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 

 Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York, llockinghain Bay, Port Denison, 

 Wide Bay District, Dawsion Iliver, Richmond and Clarence 

 Rivers Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South 

 Australia, West and South- West Australia. {Ramsay.) 



EUROSTOPODUS ALBIGULARIS, Vigors and Horsfield. 



White-throated Nightjar. 



Gould, Handbk. Ms. Aust, Vol. i., sp. 48, p. 96. 3Zr 3, 



" The egg resembles that of U. guttatus, without the greenish 

 tinge on the ground-colour, which is of a rich, light cream-colour, 

 spotted sparingly all over with round dots and oval-shaped marks 

 of black, blackish-brown, and slaty-black, which latter appear as if 

 beneath the surface of the shell ; length from I'll to 1'5 inch, 

 breadth from 1-03 to 1-13, equal at both ends." 



" I found this species breeding both at Brisbane and on the 

 Mary River. My brother, Mr. James Ramsay, of Nanania, 

 forwarded to me authentic eggs from the Merule in the Riverina 

 district, of New South Wales." 



" The Australian Museum having recently received from Mr. 

 A. Clarke, a very fine specimen of the egg of this species, which 

 differs in size and colour from all I have before examined, I 

 cannot let the occasion slip by without describing so fine a 

 specimen. The eggs taken at Gootchy by Mr. D. Helsham, were 



