1. MicKOPus, 449 



Cjpselus vittatus, Jard. ^ Selby, III. Orn. iv. pi. 39 (1843) ; Blyth, 

 Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 86 (1849); Bp. Consp. i. p. 6.5 

 (1850); Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Comp. i. p. 385 

 (1854) ; Sivinh. Ibis, 1860, pp. 48, 427 (Amoy) ; id. Ibis, 1861, 

 pp. 2o4, 328, 1863, p. 253 (Formosa^ ; id. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 263 

 (China) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1863, p. 369 (Moulmein). 



Micropus vittata, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 165. 



Micropus australis, Boie, ibid. 



Cypselus pacificus, Blyth, J. As. Soc. Beny. xiv. pp. 212, 548 (1843) ; 

 Bp. Consp. i. p. 65 (1850); Swi?ih. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 263; Scl. 

 P. Z. S. 1865, p. 599; id. J.f. O. 1867, p. 118; Gould, Handb. B. 

 Austral, i. p. 105 (1865) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 64, no. 727 (1869) ; 

 Swinh. Ibis, 1870, p. 89 (Hainan), 1874, p. 434; id. P. Z ,S 

 1871, p. 345 ; Tacz. J.f. 0. 1872, p. 35 (E. Siber.) ; Hume, Str.F. 

 ii. p. 469 (Tenasserim) ; id. ibid. iii. pp. 14, 43, viii. p. 47 (Malay 

 Penins.) ; Hwne ^- Davison, Str. F. vi. p. 48 (Tenasserim) ; Prjev. 

 in Rbwl. Orn. Misc. ii. p. 159 (1877) ; Blak. S)- Pryer, Ibis, 1878, 

 p. 231 (Japan); Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 494 (1878) 

 (S. New Guinea) ; Salvad. Ucc. Borneo, p. 119 (1874J ; Seeb. Ibis, 

 1879, p. 31 (.Japan) ; Salvad. Orn. Papuasia, i. p. 534 (1880) ; 

 Huyne, Str. F. ix. p. 246 (Cachar); id. ibid. x. p. 185 (Pegu) (1883) ; 

 Oates, B. Burmah, ii. p. 1 (1883) ; Hume, Str. F. xi. p. 31 (Mani- 

 piir) (1888); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. xxv. p. 573 (1888); Seeb. 

 B. Japan, p. 177 (1890). 

 Cypselus apus, part., Radde, Reis. Sibir., Vog. p. 130 (1863). 

 Micropus pacificus, Stejn. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 29, p. 321 

 (1885); Hartert, Kat. Vogels. Mus. Senckenb. p. 119, no. 1828 

 (Java) (1891). 



Adult. Upper plumage dark blackish brown with a greenish 

 gloss, the feathers narrowly edged with whity brown, these edges 

 becoming more indistinct if the birds are quite adult; a band 

 across the rump pure white, with narrow brown shaft-stripes ; chin 

 and throat white, with brown shaft-strijies ; remainder of the lower 

 parts, under wing-coverts, and under tail-coverts brown, with white 

 edges and blackish subtermiual bars to the feathers in all ages : 

 " iris brown ; biU black ; feet pinkish ; claws dark brown " (Gates). 

 Total length nearly 7 inches, wing 7 to 7-3, lateral rectrices 3'3, 

 central 2-1, tarsus 0*45. 



Hah. Mongolia, Baikal, and the Amoor in the J^orth, Assam, 

 Cachar, and Burmah in the West, and extending over China and 

 Japan to Australia, where it is probably only a winter visiter. 



a. 5 ad. sk. Siberia, June. 



b. S ad. sk. Salair, N.W. Altai, July 30. Dr. O. Finsch [C] 



c. S ad. sk. Siberia. Tweeddale Coll. 

 d,e. (^2 ad. sk. N.W. Mongolia, July. M. N. Severtzoff 



[C.]. 



fi9- 6 2 ad.sk. Chefoo, China, June ((S'w(7!/ioe). Tweeddale Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. Takow, China, March 22 (Stoiii- Hume Coll. 



hoe). 



i. Ad. sk. Amoy, Nov. {Swinhoe'). Hume Coll. 



k. Ad. sk. Amoy. Hume Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Canton (Johnston). Hume Coll. 



tn. $ ad. sk. China. Gould Coll. 



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