394 CYPSE.LiD^E. 



has been found breeding on the Malabar Coast, about Honore and Yingorla ; 

 and is said to occur throughout the Western ghauts, chiefly in the more 

 elevated regions, as Coorg, Wynaad and Mysore. 



The nest is never entirely composed of saliva, but always consists of a 

 long grey thread-like lichen firmly agglutinated together with saliva. It is 

 a small shallow, semi-saucer-like structure, glued to the rocks. Eggs 2 in 

 number, glossless white. The birds breed in April, May and June. 



965. Collocalia innominata, Hume, Sir. F. i. p. 294; id., 



Sir. F. ii. p. 160; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. vi. p. 49; Hume, Sir. F. viii. 

 p. 85 ; OateSy B. Br. Burmah, ii. p. 7. Collocalia linchi, Horsf. apud. Bl. B. 

 Burm. p. 85. Collocalia maxima, Hume, Sir. F. iv. p. 223. HUME'S 



SwiFTLET. 



Adult. Forehead, crown, occiput and nape smoky black; a black line 

 surrounding the eye ; a white spot in front of the eye ; cheeks, ear coverts, 

 throat, abdomen, vent and under tail coverts dusky grey brown, the feathers of 

 the under surface dark shafted ; wing lining and axillaries dark brown ; back 

 and upper tail coverts smoky black; rump pale brown or greyish white ; wings 

 and tail like the back ; the latter glossed bluish at the tips. Bill and legs 

 black ; the legs feathered to the toes. 



Length. 5 to 5-5 inches ; tail 2 to 2-3 ; wing 5-2 to 5*5 ; tarsus 0-4 to 5 ; 

 bill from gape O'6. 



Hab. British Burmah and the Andaman Islands. Mr. Davison met with 

 it in Tenasserim. According to him <c it hawks about along the coast, up 

 estuaries, along the course of creeks and rivers, over paddy-fields, and some- 

 times a little way inland. During the day they usually keep high up and out 

 of shot, but descend lower in the evening." Nothing is known of their 

 nidification. 



966. Collocalia spodiopygia (Peaie\ Cassin, V. S. Expi. 



Exped. Orn. p. 184, pi. xii., fig. 3; Wallace, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 384; Hume, 

 Str. F. i. p. 296 ; ii. p. 160 ; id., Nests and Eggs Ind* B . p. 91 ; Hume and 

 Dav., Str. F. vi. p. 51 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 85; Oates, B. Br. Burm. 

 i. p. 8. Macropteryx spodiopygius, Peak, ZooL U. S. Expl. Exped. Birds, 

 ist edit., p. 176. Collocalia inexpectata, Hume, Str. F. i. p. 296. PEALE'S 

 SWIFTLET. 



Whole upper plumage smoky brown ; a band across the rump ashy white, 

 the feathers dark shafted ; wings and tail glossy brown ; under-surface of the 

 body pale smoky brown. Bill black ; irides deep brown ; legs and feet 

 brownish pink. 



Length. 4^7 to 4*8 inches; tail 2 ; wing 4-6 to 5 ; tarsus 0*35 ; bill from 

 gape 0-45. 



Hab. Tenasserim and the Andaman Islands. According to Mr. Davison 

 it is a permanent resident in the southern portion of Tenasserim, where it is 



