CAPRIMULGID2E. 
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Eurostopodus guttatus harterti Mathews. 
Euros/opodus argus harterti Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 291, 
Jan. 31st, 1912: Newery Station, Northern Territory. 
Distr. — West Australia, Northern Territory. 
Eurostopodus nigripennis Rams. (16-609.) 
Eurostopodus nigripennis Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. vol. vi. 
p. 843, 1881: Solomon Islands. 
Caprimulgus nobilis Tristram, Ibis, 1882, p. 134, pi. 3: Rendova, Solomon 
Islands. 
Distr .—Solomon Islands (Rubiana and’Rendova Islands). 
Genus LYNCORNIS Gould. 
Lyncornis Gould, leones Av. pt. 2, pi. iv. 1838. Type (by monotypy) : 
Lyncornis cerviniceps Gould, ib. 
Lyncornis macropterus Bp. (16-605.) 
Lyncornis macropterus Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av. vol. i. p. 62, 
1850: Celebes. (Fig. M. & W. pi. 11.) 
Distr .—North Celebes. 
Lyncornis papuensis (Sclileg.). 
Distr. —New Guinea and Salwatti. 
Lyncornis papuensis papuensis (Scbl.). (16-606.) 
Caprimulgus papuensis Schlegel, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. vol. iii. p. 340, 
1866: Salwatti Island (N.W. New Guinea). 
Distr .—Salwatti Island. 
Lyncornis papuensis astrolabae (Rams.). 
Euryslopodus astrolabe Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. vol. viii. 
p. 20, June 19th, 1883: Astrolabe Mts., S.E. New Guinea. 
Lyncornis elegans Reichenow, Ornith. Monatsb. vol. vii. p. 130, Aug. 1899: 
Ramu River, New Guinea. 
Distr. —New Guinea. 
Genus CAPRIMULGUS Linnd. 
Caprimulgus Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. p. 193, Jan. 1st, 1758. Type 
(by tautonymy): Caprimulgus europwus Linne. 
Nyctichelidon Ronmo, in Montagu’s Ornith. Diet. p. 335, 1831. Type (by 
monotypy): C. europavis L. 
Nyctivociferator W. H. Y. in London’s Mag. of Nat. Hist. vol. vii. p. 636, 
Dec. 1834 : substitute name of Caprimulgus L. 
Vociferator id. ib. ib. 
Phalxnivora Blyth in White’s Nat. Hist. Selb. p. 49, 1836. Type (by mono¬ 
typy : C. europsBUs L. 
Capripeda Bonaparte, Revista Contemp. [Torino], vol. ix. fasc. 40, p. 215, 
(9 in reprint), Feb. 1857. Type (by monotypy): C. natalensis Smith. 
