4ri() 



rvi'SKLID.E. 



n. Ad. sk. 

 u. Ad. sk. 

 J). Ad. sk. 

 q. cS ad. sk. 

 r, s. c? 2 ad. 

 f. 5 ad. St. 



sk. 



M, r, w. Ad. sk. 



sk. 



.r. Ad. sk. 

 y. Ad. sk. 



z, a', b'. Ad. 

 c'. Ad. sk. 

 d'. 9 ad. sk. 



fi'. 2 ad. sk. 

 f. d ad. sk. 



^f', h'. (S $ ad. sk. 

 i'. Ad. sk. 

 A;'. Ad. sk. 



Formosa (Siciiihoe). 



Japan, May. 



Nagasaki, Japan. 



Nagasaki, Marcli 18. 



Nagasaki, May 30. 



Cape York (Voy. H.M.S. 



' Eattlesuake,' Macgillivray). 

 Cape York, Dec. {Macr/UU- 



vraif). 

 Cape York. 

 Moreton Bay. 

 Queensland {Cockerell). 

 I'enang [Cantor). 

 Thayetmyo, Burma, Feb. 2o. 



Amherst, July [Davison). 

 Bankasoon, Dec. 22 [Davi- 

 son). 

 Sadiya, June 20 [J. Cockhurn). 

 Dilkooshah, Cachar, Sept. 

 Bootan [Femherton). 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 r. Ringer, Esq. [P.]. 

 P. Ringer, Esq. [P.]. 

 P. Ringer, Esq. fP.]. 

 Capt. Stanley [P.]. 



Capt. Stanley [P.]. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 India Museum. 

 E. W. Gates, Esq. 



[C.l. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Cull. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 India Museum. 



7. Micropus leuconyx. 



Cypselus, sp. ?, Bhjth, J. As. Soc. Beng. xi. p. 886 (1842). 



Cypselus leuconyx, Bhjth, J. As. Soc. Beng. xiv. p. 212 (1845) ; Bj}. 



Consp. i. p. 65 (1850) ; Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. 



Comp. i. p. 109 (1854) ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 179 (1862) ; Scl P. Z. S. 



1865, p. 600; id. J. f. 0. 1867, p. 119; Blgth, Ibis, 1865, p. 45 



(note), 1866, p. 339, 1870, p. 161 ; Tytler, Ibis, 1868, p. 195 ; Jcrd. 



Ibis, 1871, p. 354 ; Bull. Sir. F. ix.'p. 379, Mahratta (1880). 



Adult. In colour quite similar to M. pacificus, but altogether 

 much smaller : "iris dark brown ; bill blackish ; feet flesh-colour" 

 [lladcJiffe). Total length about 6 inches, wing 6-3, lateral rectrices 

 2*6, central 1-75, tarsus 0-35. 



Hah. As yet only known from the Himalayas and rocky hills 

 in Central India, but further investigation will probably add more 

 to the knowledge of its distribution. 



a. (S ad. sk. Ilazara Di.strict, July 10 [Bad- Hume Coll. 



cliffe). 



b. Ad. sk. Simla, June 3. Hume Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Chumba, Himalaya. Pinwill Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Bootan [Pemberton). India Museum. 



e. Ad. sk. India. Gould Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. [India.] Gould Coll. 



8. Micropus caffer. 



? Martinet a croupion blanc, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. pi. 244 (1806). 



? Cypselus leucorrhous, Stejjh. Gen. Zool. x. p. 98 (1817). 



? Hirundo nigra, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 525 (1823). 



Cypselus caffer, Licht. Vera. Doubl. p. 68 (1823) (Caffraria et Nubia) ; 

 Bp. Co7isp. i. p. 65 (1850) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 600 (part.) ; id. 

 J. f. O. 1867, p. 120 (part.) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1865, p. 264, 1868, 

 pp.' 50, 152 (S. Afr.) ; Grail, Hand-I.'\. p. 63; Ileiir/l. Orn. A.O.- 



