HIRUNDINIDJE. 15 



Subtribe II. Fissirostres JDiurnce. 



Fam. II. HIKUNDINID^E. 



i. CYPSELINJE. 



1. ACANTHYLIS. 



Acanthylis Boie, Isis, (1826) p. 971. 

 Chsetura Steph. Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 76. (1825). 

 Hemiprocne Nitzsch, Petrylog. p. 123. (1840). 

 Pallene Less. Compl.Buff. viii. p. 493. (1837). 

 Hirund-apus Hodgs. Journ. A. S. B. (1836) p. 780. 



1. ACANTHYLIS CAUDACUTA. The Australian needle-tailed Swallow, 



Hirundo caudacuta Lath. Ind. Ornith. Suppl. p. Ivii. 



Acanthylis caudacuta G.R. Gray, Ann. of Nat. Hist. (1843) p. 194. 



Hirundo fusca Steph. Gen. ZooLxiii. P-76. 



Chsetura australis Steph. Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 76. 



Chaetura macroptera Swains. Zool. Illustr. n. s. pi. 42. 



Pallene macroptera Boie, Isis, (1844) p. 168. 



Pallene caudacuta Boie, Isis, (1844) p. 168. 



Lamb. Icon. ined. ii. 88.; Gould, B. of Austr. ii. pi. 10. 



a. Australia. 



b. Australia. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 



c. Australia. Presented by R. Butler, Esq. 



2. ACANTHYLIS NUDIPES. The naked-footed Acanthylis. 



Chaetura nudipes Hodgs. Journ. A. S. B. (1836) p. 779. 



Acanthylis nudipes G. R. Gray, Gen. of B.i. p. 



Cypselus leuconotus Deless. Mag. de Zool. (1840) Ois. t. 20. 



Souv. Voy. dans TInde, Ois. t. 9. 

 Pallene leuconota Boie, Isis (1844) p. 168. 

 Hodgs. Icon. ined. Pass. 5. 



ad. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 e. Sternum. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



3. ACANTHYLIS COLLARIS. The collared Acanthylis. 



Hirundo collaris Temm. Pr. Max. Beitr. (1831) ii. p. 344. 

 Chaetura collaris Steph. Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 76. 

 Acanthylis collaris G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 

 Hemiprocne collaris Nitzsch, Petrylog. p. 123. 



