CYPSELUS. 389 



Upper surface brown-black, darker, and glossed greenish on the back ; 

 head brownish, forehead paler ; under surface brownish black ; chin, throat 

 and rump white. Bill black ; feet brownish ; irides deep brown. 



Length. 5-5 to 6 inches ; wing 5, extends i'5 beyond tip of tail, which 

 is 175. 



Hab. Beloochistan, Persia, Afghanistan, Nepaul and Abyssinia. In India 

 very generally distributed. Occurs in Sind, the Punjab, Deccan, Concan, 

 Kutch, Kattiawar, Jodhpore and N. Guzerat. Wherever it is found, it 

 breeds in large colonies under the eaves of roofs and in untenanted buildings. 

 Eggs 2 4 in number, pure white. 



953- Cypselus acuticaudus, Biyth, J. A. S. B. xviii. p. 605; 



Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 156. The PINTAILED SWIFT. 



Very similar to Cypselus apus, but has no white rump ; lower parts banded 

 with white. 



Length. 6-4 to 7 inches; wing 7*3 ; tail 3-2. 

 Hab. N.-W. Himalayas. 



954. Cypselus pacifiCUS (Lath.}, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 599, 

 Salvad., Ucc. Borneo, p. 1 19 ; Blyth, B. Burnt, p. 84; Hume, Str. F. iii. p. 

 43 ; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 69 : Hume and ~Dav., Str. F. vi. p. 48; 

 Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 84; Inglis, Str. F. ix. p. 246 ; Oates, B. Br. Burm. 

 ii. p. i. The WHITE-RUMPED BARRED SWIFT. 



Whole upper plumage from dark brown to blackish, each feather narrowly 

 edged with whitey brown ; a blackish spot in front of the eye ; rump white, 

 the feathers brown-shafted ; chin and throat white, the feathers also dark 

 shafted ; sides of the neck and under surface of the body, including the under 

 wing coverts, brown, the feathers subterminally darker brown, and fringed with 

 white. Bill black ; irides brown ; feet pinkish. 



Length. 7*25 inches; tail 3-3 ; wing 7*3 ; tarsus 0-45 ; bill from gape 0*8. 



Hab. From Siberia and Japan to Australia ; its southern limit is Cachar 

 and Tipperah. According to Oates, it is found at various localities in the 

 Pegu Division, also in the southern half of Tenasserim and over the whole of 

 British Burmah, flying at vast heights in large flocks. They breed in Southern 

 China. 



955. Cypselus SUbfurcatUS, Biyth, J. A. S. B. xviii. p. 807; 

 Swinhoe, Ibis, 1863, p. 254 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 602 ; Salvad., Ucc. 

 Borneo p. Il8 ; Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 524 ; David et. Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 69 ; 

 Hume and Dav. t Str. F. vi. p. 47 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 84; Kelham, Ibis, 

 1 88 1, p. 373. Cypselus leucopygialis, Cass., Proc. Ac. Phil. v. p. 58. The 

 WHITE-RUMPED BLACK SWIFT. 



