82 ctpselidJ?. 



Cypselus affinis, Gray 6,- Ilardu^ 



Cjpselus affinis, Benran, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 375 ; Dre.^ser, Birds Eur. iv. 

 p. 591 (1874) ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 319 (1878) ; Oates ed. Hume, 

 Nests ^ Eqqs Ind^ Birds, iii. p. 21 (1890) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., 

 Birds, iii. p. 168 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p 96 (1900). 



Micropus affinis, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 453 (1892). 



The eggs of the Common Indian Swift measure from '78 to -Ol't 

 in length, and from -51 to -61 in breadth. 



5. India. Crowlej' Bequest. 



41. Simla, Hiuaalayas, 20th Aug. {A. Hume Coll. 

 Hume). 



2. Dhuruinsala, Kashmir, 17th April. Hume Coll. 



1. Kootub. near Delhi. Hume Coll. 



2. Delhi, 14th April ( C. T. Bingham). Hume Coll. 

 1. Jodhpur, 3rd April. Hume Coll. 

 5. Etawah, 18th Feb. ( W. E. Brooks). Hume Coll. 



3. Etawah, 27th May. Hume Cull. 



1. Etawah, 23rd June. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 27th June ( W. E. Brooks : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 2. Saugor, C. Trovs., 16th July. Hume Coll. 



2. Barrackpur, Bengal {R. C. Bea- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



van). 



4. Ceylon, 13th June (^.i.i?«^&'-)- Crowley Bequest. 



Cypselus subfurcatus, Bli/th. 



Micropii 



Nov. Zool. i. p. 674 (1894) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersaminl. 

 (1899). 



Four eggs of the Whitc-rumpcd Black Swift in the Collection 

 measure respectivelj^ : -9 by -58; -85 bj- -50; -91 by -57 ; -85 

 by -6. 



3. Amoy, China {R. Swinhoe). Seebohni Coll. 



1. Amoy {Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Sub-Order TROCHILI. 

 Family THOCHILID.E. 



The eggs of the Humming-birds are typically of an elongated 

 cylindrical shape^ with the two ends quite similar, but some ex- 

 amples are of an elongated oval form. They are plain white and 

 eutirelj' devoid of gloss. 



