85 



Hab. S. E. Himalaya, and Austvtilia (at least as figured by 

 Mr. Swainson and by jNIr. Gould). 



A. Specimen, from Bootan. Presented bv Capt. Pember- 

 ton (1839). B. Do., from Nepal. Presented by B. H. 

 Hodgson, Esq. (1842). 



420. Ac. LEUCOPYGIALIS, Blytli, /. A. S. XVIII. 



Hab. Malayan peninsula. 



A. Specimen from Penang. Mr. J. Prosser (1848). 



Genus Cypselus, Illiger. 



421. C. MELBA (Edwards, pi. 27). 



Syn. Hirimdo melha, Lin. 

 //, alpina, Scopoli. 

 Cypselus (jutturaUs, Vicillot. 

 C yxdaris, Stephens. 

 Hab. Mountainous regions of the S. of Europe, Asia, and 

 Africa. Rare in the British islands. Common in Central India, 

 Nilgiris, &c. 



A. Specimen, from the Nilgiris. Presented by T. C. 

 Jerdon, Esq. (1842). B. Do., from the Pyrenees. Wings 

 expanded. M. Malherbe (1848). 



422. C. Apus {VI. Enl. 542, fig. 1). 



Syn. Hirundo apxis, Lin. 



Ci/pselus m iirarius, Tem , 

 Hab. Europe and W. Asia : common in Afghanistan. 



A. B. C. Specimens from England. Presented by H. 

 E. Strickland, Esq. and Mr. Bartlet (1843-7), 



423. C. viTTATUs, Jardine and Selby {III. Orn. 2nd series, pi. 39). 



Hab. S. E. Asia, as China, and the Malayan peninsula and 

 archipelago : common at Penang. N. W. Himalaya. 



A. Specimen from Penang ; described J. A. S. XI, 886. 

 Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. (1842). B. Do., from 

 the Tyne range N. of Simla. Capt. Hutton (1849). 



424. C. 1.EUCONYX, Blyth, /. A. S. XIV, 218. 



Had. India generally : rare. 



A. Specimen from the vicinity of Calcutta. Presented 

 by Willis Earle, Esq. (1844). 



425. C. SUBFURCATUS, Blyth, J. A. S. XVIII, 



Syn. C. affinis, var., Strickland, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 99. 

 Hab. Malayan peninsula, 



A. B, Specimens (in bad order). Col. Low (1848), 



