392 CYPSELID^E. 



latter country a straggler. Mr. Davison obtained a specimen in the extreme 

 South of Tenasserim at Malewoon. 



960. Hirundinapus indicus, Hume, Str. F. i. p. 471 ; /'</., 



S/r. F. ii. p. 155 ; iv. p. 286 ; Inglis, Str. F. v. p. 17 ; Gates, B. Br. Bnrm., 

 i. p. 5. Acanthylis gigantea (Temm.\ apudjerd., B. 2nd. i. p. 172 ; Blyth 

 and Wald., B. Burm. p. 84 ; Wardlaw- Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 459. Chaetura 

 gigantea, apud Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 314. The INDIAN GIANT SPINE-TAIL. 



Not unlike H. giganteus, but differs in having the chin and throat 

 whitey brown ; a white spot between the eye and base of the bill, and the back 

 and rump much paler brown. Bill black ; irides dark brown ; legs and feet 

 pale purplish or plumbeous. 



Length 9 to 9-25 inches ; tail 2'8 ; wing 7-8 to 8 ; tarsus O 75 ; bill from 

 gape ri. 



//#. Southern India, Ceylon, Andamans, Tenasserim and the Malay 

 Peninsula. It has been obtained in Malabar and the Wynaad, also the coast 

 at Tellicherry. They occur in large flocks, wherever they are located, and in 

 the early morning and the dusk of the evening are seen in scattered flocks, 

 crossing and recrossing one another, while the setting sun now and again show 

 their glossy plumage. It is said they build upon rocks jutting out in the sea 

 or on rocks in the sea. 



961. Hirundinapus leucopygialis, Biyth.j.A. S. B. xviii. 



p. 809. Cypselus coracinus, Mull., Schleg. Handl. Dierk. i. pp. 221 479 ; 

 Vogels pi. ii. fig. 14. Chtetura coracina, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 614; 

 Salvad., Ucc. Born. p. 124; Hume and Dav., Str. F.\i. p. 45. Chaetura 

 leucopygialis, Hume, S/r. F. vii. p. $18; viii. p. 84. Rhaphidura leucopy- 

 gialis, Oa/es, B. Br* Burm. ii. p. 6. The SMALL BLACK, or WHITE RUMFED 

 SPINE-TAIL. 



Glossy black throughout, except the rump and upper tail coverts, which are 

 greyish white with black shafts ; tail coverts reach to nearly the tip of the tail. 

 Bill black ; irides brown ; legs livid purple. 



Length. 4-7 to 5 inches ; tail 17 ; wing 4 8 to 5 ; tarsus 0-35 ; bill from 

 gape 0*6. 



fj a b t The Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and Tenasserim (South). A 

 forest loving species, frequenting banks and streams in the vicinity of forests. 

 Davison says in habits " they much resemble the Giant Spine-tail, shooting 

 down with the rapidity of lightning with a shrill scream, just touching the 

 surface of the water and rising again with equal rapidity, turning and swoop- 

 ing down again, up stream and down stream for the hour together/' 



962. Hirundinapus sylvatica, Tickeii, J. A. S. B. xv., p. 284 ; 



Jerd., B. Ind. i. p. 170; Hume, Str. F. vii. p. 202. The WHITE -KI-MFED 

 SPINE-TAIL. 



