CYPSELIDAE 



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Africa, Abyssinia, and Uganda, and exceptionally on the Congo ; 

 C. horus across Tropical Africa ; C. andicola in Argentina, Peru, 

 and Bolivia ; C. montivagits in the last two countries. C. jpaci- 

 ficus of East Asia, with Japan and the Burmese countries, reaches 

 Australia in winter. Some species lay four or five eggs, and 



Fig. 88. — Swift. Cypselus apus. 



(From Xatural History of Selboi-ne.) 



G. melanoleiicus of western North America litters a peculiar twitter 

 in its nest, placed in clefts of rocks.^ Five species of Taehornis, or 

 Palm-Swift, here included under Cypselus, are found throughout 

 the Ethiopian Eegion, from India and the Malay countries to 

 China, and in the West Indies ; T. {Claudia) squamata occupying 

 Guiana, Brazil, and East Peru. The toes point forward in two 

 pairs, the tail is forked. These birds usually attach their nests 



^ Two large ticks {Anapcrafimhriata) are usually found on this bird, similar to 

 Anai)cra pallida of C. apus. 



