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3. Chaetura gigantea. 



Cj'pselus gicranteus, Temm. PL Col. 364 (1825) (Java). 



Acantliylis caudacuta, part., Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 84 

 (1849). 



Acauthvlis gigauteus, £p. Consp. i. p. 64 (1850). 



Cbffitur'a gigantea, Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 608; id. J. f. O. 1867, 

 p. 129; Hume, Str. F. iv. p. 223 (1876), viii. p. 47 (1879) (Malay 

 Pen.) ; ? Hu7ne ^- Davison, Str. F. vi. p. 46 (Tenasserim) (1878) ; 

 Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 335 ; id. Ibis, 1888, p. 198 (Palawan) ; 

 Keiham, Ibis, 1881, p. 372. 



Plirundinapus giganteus, Salvad. Ucc. Borneo, p. 124 (1874) ; Oates, 

 B. Burmah, ii. p. 5 (1883) ; Biittik. Notes Leyden Mus. ix. p. 40 

 (1887) (Sumatra) ; Hartert, J. f. 0. 1889, p. 400 (Perak) ; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1890, p. 24 ; Steere, List B. ^- Mamm. Philijjpin. p. 12 (1890). 



Forehead, crown and nape, hind neck, sides of the head and neck, 

 wings and tail almost black with steel-bine gloss ; lores deep black, 

 without any gloss : back, scapulars, ramp, and entire lower surface 

 deep smoky brown ; under lail-coverts and stripes along the lower 

 flanks white. Total length nearly 9 inches, wing 8, tail 2-8, 

 tarsus 0"65. 



In this species and in C. indica the rectrices are acute and run 

 into a very long spine, whereas in C. caudacuta and C. nudipes they 

 are rounded, and the spine is only half as long. 



Hah. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Palawan, and 

 Paragua. 



C. gigantea is quoted from Malawoon in S. Tenasserim, but the 

 specimen from that locality in the Hume Collection shows the 

 beginning of white spots on the forehead, and therefore must belong 

 to the somewhat doubtful C. indica. 



a. Ad. sk. Penang. Cantor Coll. 



b, c, d. 5 ad. sk. Selangore, April, June, Jidy Hume Coll. 



(TF. Davison). 



e,f. Ad. sk. Malacca {Dr. Maingay). Tweeddale CoU. 



g, h, i. Ad. sk. Malacca. Pinwill Coll. 



k. Ad. sk. Singapore. Wallace CoU. 



I. (f ad. sk. Palawan, Sept. Steere Coll. 



m. Ad. sk. Sarawak. J. J. Hose, Esq. [P.]. 



w, o. Ad. sk. Labuan, Borneo. Governor Ussher [C.]. 



4. Chaetura indica. 



Acanthylis caudacuta, Bh/th, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 84 (part.) 

 (1849) ; Layard, Ann. ■$• Mag. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 170 (1853) 

 (Ceylon). 



Acauthvlis gigantea, Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 172 (1862) ; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 

 1872," p. 419 (Ceylon) ; Ball, Str. F. i. p. 55 (1873) (Andamaus) ; 

 Legqe, Ibis, 1874, p. 13, 1875, p. 280; Bl. c^- Wald. B. Burma, 

 p. 84 (1875) ; Wardl. Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 459. 



Hirundinapus giganteus, Walden, Ibis, 1874, p. 131 (Andamans). 



Chffitura 'vaA\ca.,"Hume, Str. F. i. pp. 131, 471, ii. p. 155 (1873), iv. 

 p. 223 (1876), V. p. 17 (Cachar) (1877), vi. p. 46 (Tenasserim), 

 vii. p. 34 (Travancore), xi. p. 30 (Mauipur) (1888) ; Davison, Str. 

 F. X. p. 347 (Mysore) (1882) ; Oates, B. Burmah, ii. p. 5 (1883). 



Chfetura gigantea', Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 314 (1878). 



