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caprijiulgid;e. 
marked all over with dots and oval spots of blackish and slaty- 
brown, a few markings appearing as if beneath the surface of 
the shell. Length 1 -38 x 1 inch in breadth, both ends nearly equal.” 
(R.Z.S., 1875, p. 581, Ramsay.) 
An egg of this species in my possession taken by Mr. George 
Laniard in 1880, measures 1*31 inch in length by 0‘97 inch in 
breadth. 
Hah. Derby, NAN . Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 
Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York, Rockingham Ray, Port Denison, 
NVide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence 
Rivers Districts, New .South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South 
Australia, NVest and South-West Australia. (Ramsay.) 
EUROSTOPODUS ALBIGUL ARIS, Vigors and Horsfield. 
White-throated Nightjar. 
Gould, Handbk. Eds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 48, p. 90. 
“ The egg resembles that of E. 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 Nanama, 
forwarded to me authentic eggs from the Merule in the Riverina 
district, of New South NVales.” 
“ The Australian Museum having recently received from Mr. 
A. Clarke, a very line 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 line a 
specimen. Tlie eggs taken at Gootchy by Mr. D. J lelsham, were 
