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THE USEFUL BTRDS 



Map showing Distribution of the Australian Swifts. 



A. — Edible-nest Swift — 1, North Queensland; 2, Solomon Islands; 



3, New Guinea ; 4, Moluccas Islands ; 5, Celebes Islands. 

 B. — Grey-rum.'ped Swijtlet — 1, North Queensland ; 2, Solomon Islands ; 



6, Fiji Islands; 7, Samoa; 8, Friendly Islands; 9, Malay 



Archiyjelago ; 10, Andaman Islands; 11, Madagascar; 12, 



Mauritius ; 13, Bourbon. 



C. — [c') White-rumped Swift — 14, Yakutsk; 15, N.W. Mongolia; 10, 

 Amoor River; 17, Japan; 18, China (Cheefoo and Taikow) ; 

 19, West Burma; 20, India (Assam and Cachar); 21, Aus- 

 tralia in general ; 22, Tasmania. 



(c") Spine-tailed Swift — 23, Irkutsk ; IC, Amoor River ; 24, Ussuri ; 

 17, Japan; 18, China: 21, Australia; 22, Tasmania. Twice 

 reported as wandering to Great Britain. 



