80 



CYPST;r,ii).i:. 



Tachornis phoenicobius, Gonse. 



Tacliorais phoenicobia, Go.<:se, Birch Jamaica, p. 08 (1847) ; Ilurtert, Vat. 

 Birds B. M. xvi. p. 4U« (1892) ; 8harpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 94 (1900). 



The eggs of the Jamaica Palm-Swift in the Collection measure 

 respectively : -68 by -45 ; -72 by ■43 ; -66 by -43. 



3. Rae Town, Jamaica, 15th June Crowley Bequest. 

 {C.B. Taylor). 



Genus CYPSELUS, llUg.'r. 

 Cypselus melba (Linn.). 



llii'undo melba, Thien. Fortpjlajiz. ges. Vog. tab. xlii. fig. 10, a, b 

 (1840-.54). 



Cypselus melba, Baedeker. Eier Eur. I'd;/, tab. 50. fig-. 1 (185o-6.S) ; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 603 (1874) ; Let/ye, Birds Cei/lon. p. 317 

 (1878); Seehohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 297." pi. 18 (1884)"; dates ed. 

 Hume, Nests i$- Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 20(1890); Blanf. Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 164 (189.5) ; Seebohm, Eyqs of Brit. Birds, 

 p. 162, pi. 48. tig. 3 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p'. 95' (1900). 



Cvpselus alpinus, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 269, pi. l.w. fig. vi 

 (1856). 



]S[icropus melba, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 4.38 (1892). 



The eggs of the Alpine Swift measure from 1'09 to 1-3 in length, 

 and from '7 to "77 in breadth. 



1. Vawu^^ [KjeerboUing). Crowley T5eque.«t. 



2. Berne, Switzerland. Crowley Bequest. 



3. YinmQ (H. Saunders : 7'ri.ftr/ini Cull.). Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Berne (//. Saimders). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Berne Cathedral (//. .S'.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Berne Cathedral (-?/. -S'.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Berne Cathedral {H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. St. Gothard (7'. A'/vV/w). Seebohm Coll. 



1. St. Gothard {T. K). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Bernese t)berhind. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



2. Bernese Oberland. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, S. India Hume Coll. 



( M iss Cockburn) . 



Cypselus apus (/.uih.). 



Hirundo apus, TJiien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xlii. fig. 9, a, b (1815-54). 

 Cypselus apus, Baedekei-, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 50. fig. 2 (1855-63) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. .583 (1874); Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. 



p. 292, pi. 18 (1884) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 161, pi. 48. tig. 2 



(1896); Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 95 (1900). 

 Cvpselus murarius, Hewitson, Eqqs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 267, pi. Ixv. fig. v 



(1856). 

 Micropus apus, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 442 (1892). 



The eggs of the Common Swift measure from -94 to 1-1 in length, 

 and from -59 to -66 in breadth. 



2. Inverness-shire (Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Brandon, Northumberland. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



