492 CYPSELID.E. 



blackish brown, with a somewhat purplish gloss ; inner edge of 

 quills, lower surface of wing and tail, chest, breast, abdomen, flanks, 

 and thighs smoky brown, a stripe from the base of thighs to the 

 root of the tail and also the under rail-coverts pure white." Total 

 length 6-5 iuehes, wing 6-8, tail 2. (BUtlik-ofer.) 



Bab. West Sumatra (Lubu Gedang, Highlands of Padang). 



30. Cliaetura ancMetae. 

 Chsetura anchietae, Sousa, Jorn. Sci. Lisb. 1887, pp. 93, 105. 



Distinguished from Cha'tura cassini by the great difference in 

 size, by the colour being uniform from the base of the bill to the 

 breast, without any black shaft-stripes, and by the end of the tail 

 being edged with white. Total length 3*o5 inches, wing 5'1, 

 tail 1-1. 



Hah. Benguela. 



This species and C. boehmi are remarkably smaller than C. cassini, 

 and the measurements of both are almost the same. They must be 

 very different from C. cassini, but very closely allied to each other, 

 if not identical. 



31. Chaetura stictilsema. 



Cypselus stictilaemus, i?e('c/ie?!. Orn. Centralbl. 1879, p. 114 (Ualimi); 



id. J.f. 0. 1879, pp. 293, 31,5, 344. 

 Chajtura stictilajma, Reichen. J.f. O. 1885, p. 127 ([Jalimi,E. Afr.). 

 Chtetura gierrre. Oust. Natural, xii. p. 274 (Mombassa, E. Afr.) 



(1890). 



The descriptions of both Eeichenow and Oustalet agree with that 

 of C ussluri from West Africa ; but both authors kindly wrote me 

 that the white mark on the lower abdomen is separated from the 

 white band across the rump by the dark-coloured sides of the body, 

 ■whereas in the true 0. ussheri they are connected and form a white 

 ring round the body. 



Hah. E. Africa. 



7. CYPSELOIDES. 



, Type. 



Cypseloides, Streubel, Ists, 1848, p. 366 G. fiuiiigatus. 



Nepbocsetes *, Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 142 (1858) . . C. uiger. 



This genus is closely allied to Chaetura, but may be recognized 

 by the characters given above. The plumage is softer than in true 

 Vhatura ; the shafts of the rectrices are not so stiff. G. rutihis 



* Corr. Nephacdcs, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 23(5 etc. 



