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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. 
Hah. Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, 
Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, 
interior, Victoria and South Australia. (Ramsay.) 
PODARG US CUVIER1, Viyors and llursjidd. 
Cuvier’s Podargus. 
Gould, llandbk. Jlds. A mt., Vol. i , sp. 41, p. 87. 
The nidilication of this species is similar to that of 1‘. struwides, 
but the nest is more compactly and securely built. Eggs 
white, of a uniform size at both ends; specimens taken in 
1 asmania, in October, 188o, measure as follows ; — length (A^ 
1-71 x 1-23 inch ; (B) U73 x 1*23 inch. 
Hah. Victoria and Tasmania. (Ramsay.) 
Genus EUROSTOPODUS, 
EUROSTOPODUS GUTTATUS, Vigors and Uorsjidd. 
Spotted Nightjar. 
Gould, llandbk. lids. A us/., Vol. i., sp. 49, p. 98. 
“ 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 
