26 CAPRIMULGIDJE. 



Hah. Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York, Rockingham Bay, Port 

 Denison, Wide Bay District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers 

 Districts, New Soutlj Wales, Interior, Victoria and South 

 Australia. {Ramsay.) 



Order INSESSORES. 



Family CAPRIMULGIDJE. 



Genus iEGOTHELES, Vigors and Horsfidd. 



^GOTHELES NOV^-HOLLANDI^, Vigors and Horsfield. 



The Owlet Nightjar. 

 Gould, Handhk. Birds Aust, Vol. i., sp. 38, p. 79. 3-*-^ ■"• 



This species deposits its eggs, which are white and from three 

 to four in number on the debris at the bottom of a hollow branch 

 of a tree, usually a Eucalyptus. A set of three_taken at Cardiiigtoii, 

 in December, 1867, by Mr. John S. Ramsay, meafsureas follows : — 

 length (A) 1-15 x 0-87 inch ; (B) M x 0-85 inch ; (C) M5 x 0-87 

 inch. The shell is thick and hard in texture. 



The breeding season commences in October and lasts, during 

 the three following months. 



Hah. Rockingham Bay, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, 

 Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, 

 Interior, Victoria and South Australia, Tasmania, West and 

 South-West Australia. {Ramsay.) 



Genus PODAEGUS, Cmicr. 



PODARGUS STRIGOIDES, Latham. 

 Tawny-shouldered Podargus. 



Goicld, HaudJik. Eds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 40, p. 84. ^^ ■ 3. 



This bird is universally dispersed throughout New South Wales 

 and Victoria ; it builds a Hat nest of sticks loosely placed together 



