474 



CYPSELIDJ3. 



/. Ad. sk. 



/,-. Ad. sk. 



/. Ad. ; m. Iium. 



sk. 

 n, o. Ad. sk. 

 p. Ad. sk. 

 q. Ad. sk. 



Australia. 



E. Australia. 



Queensland {J. T. Cocherill). 



N. S. Wales. 



Asfield, N. S. W., January. 



Tasmania. 



.Tardine Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Gould & Hume Colls. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



2. Chaetura midipes. 



Chaetura nudipes, Hodgs. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. v. p. 779 (1836) ; 



S^vinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 48 (Amoy) ; Hume, Str. F. ix. pp. 230, 286 



(1880). 

 Cypselus leueonotus, Deless. Mag. Zool. 1840, Ois. pi. 20 (Bootan) ; 



id. Ibis, 1861, p. 205 (notice). 

 Cypselus nudipes, Deless. Voy. Inde, p. 25, pi. 9 (1834). 

 Acanthylis fusca, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 84 (part.) (1849) 

 Acanthvlis nudipes, Horsf. 8f Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Comp. 



p. Hi (1854). 

 Chastura caudacuta, Tytler, Ibis, 1868, p. 196 (Himalaya). 

 Chaetura gigantea, Hume 8f Cripps, Str. F. xi. p. 30 (1888) (Dibru- 



gliar). 



The only real difference to be depended on between this species 

 and O. caudacuta is, that the present species never shows any white 

 on the forehead or any indication of it. Besides this, the steel- 

 blue gloss on the upper parts is a little stronger, the dark hind neck 

 reaches a little further down to the back and is blacker, so that the 

 light centre of the back becomes more obvious by contrast. The 

 wing is a little shorter on an average, but not always. 



Hah. Prom the Hazara Mountains throughout the Himalayas to 

 Bootan. 



One specimen shot in August near Dibrughur, in Upper Assam, 

 belongs to this species. It is erroneously quoted as C. gigantea 

 (Stray Feath. xi. I. c). 



a-d. Ad. sk. 



e, f, g. Ad. sk. 

 /«.' $ ad. sk. 

 i-m. Ad. sk. 



n. Ad. sk. 



o. 5 ad. sk. 



p, q. Ad. sk. 

 r, s. 2 ad. sk. 

 t. S ad. ; u. $ 



ad. sk. 

 V, w, X. S ad. ; 



y. 2 ad. sk. 

 z. Part of 



skeleton. 



Nepal. 



Nepal (B. H. Hodgson). 



Darjiling, May. 



Interior of Sikkim, March, 



April (L. Mandelli). 

 Bootau. 



Dibrughur, Aug. 15 {J. li. 



Cripjis). 

 N.W. Himalaya. 

 Cashmere, Aug. 

 Koteghur. 



Hazara Distr., June, July, 



Aug. {Col. Rudcliffe). 

 Nepal. 



Hodgson Coll. 

 (Types of the species.) 

 India Museum. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



— Pemberton, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



Pinwill Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume CoU. 



Hodgson CoU. 



