Sub-Family CYPSELIN/E. 

 Genus TACHORNIS, Gosse. 



Many of the eggs of the Swifts of this genus cxhil)i(- a considerable 

 amount of gloss. 



Tachornis parvus (Licht.). 

 Cyp.selus parvus, S/iarpp, ed Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 94 (1875-84^ 

 lachoruisparva, Hart erf, Cat. Birds B. M. xv'i.' -p. 463 (1892)- Nehr'k 



Rat. Eiersamml. ^. \r>A [\^S)i)). \ /> 



Tachornis parvus, Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 94 (1900). 



An egg of the Little African Palm-Swift in the Collection 

 measures -72 by -46. 



1. East Africa {Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Beqiiest. 



Tachornis balasiensis {J. E. Grai/). 



Cypselus batassiensis, Leff;/r, Birds Gylon, p. 322 (1878) ; Gates ed. Hume 



Aests >.y IJi^f/s Lid. Birds, ii. p. 25 (1890). 

 Tachornis batassiensis, //«/-i!cri!, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi p 406 (189-' ) • 



lilunf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, \\\. p. Y;Q [\m~)). ^ ^J> 



Tachornis balasiensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 94 (1900)! 



The eggs of the Palm-Swift measure from -05 to -7.3 in lenoth 

 and from -42 to -48 in breadth. ° ' 



T" ^r'^'''- XT,,. T. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Mirzapur, N.W. Provs., 18th Hume Coll. 



March (7i'. Thompson). 



4. Allahabad, ,30th July ((7. r. Hume Coll. 

 Binyhant). 



2. Cliupra, Bengal, 8th March. Hume Coll. 

 2. C uipra, 9th March. Hume Coll. 

 1. C uipra, 10th March. Hume Coll. 

 4. Cbupra, 11th March. Hume Coll. 



10. Chupra, 12th March. Hume CoU. 



4. Chupra, 13th March. Hume Coll. 



Tachornis infumatus {Sd). 



Cypsohjs^tectomm, Godw.-Aust. Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xxxix. pt. ii. 



^^^7l89of ''°'''^'''' ^"''' "^- ^^"""' ^''^' ^' ^^9' ^"^- ^'■'•*' i"- P- 27 

 Tachornis infumatus Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 407 nsqo,. 

 Blanf. lanna Brd. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 171 (1895) : Kehrk Kat 

 Eiersamml. p. 154 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 94 (1900) 



The eggs of Sclater's Palm-Swift mea.^jure from •7-> to -67 in 

 length, and from -47 to -42 in breadth. 



2. Garo Hills Assam. Col. H. II. Godwin-Austin ^C 1 

 f ^''''"'' ^''\ ^l^y- , i^. C. Stu,ut Baker, Esq 1^ 



1. Burma, 22ud March. ^^^ i{,d,ii(T. .^aunders, L q [P ] 



