18 FISSIROSTRES DIURN.E. 



3. CYPSELUS. 



Cypselus 111 Prod. Mam. p. 229. (1811). 



Apus Scop. Introd Hist. Nat. p. 483. (1777). 



Micropus Meyer $ Wolf, Tasch. Deuts. Vog. i. p. 280. (1810). 



Brachypus Meyer. 



Tachornis Gosse, B. of Jam. p. 58. (1848). 



1. CYPSELUS MELBA. The white-bellied Swift. 



Cypselus melba 111. Prod. Mam. 8f Av. p. 230. 



Apus melba Cuv. Reg. Anim. (1817) i. p. 373. 



Hirundo melba Linn. S. N. i. p. 345. 



Micropus melba Boie, Isis, (1844) p. 165. 



Hirundo alpina Scop. Ann. i. p. 166. 



Cypselus alpinus Temm. Man. d'Orn. (1815) p. 270.; Brehm, Vog. 



Deuts. i. p. 134. ; Yarrell, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 266. 

 Micropus alpinus Meyer 8f Wolf, Tasch. Deut. i. p. 282. ; Edwards, 



Birds, pi. 27. 



Cypselus alpinus africanus Temm. Man. tfOm.. (1815) p. 270. 

 Cypselus gutturalis Vieill. N. Diet. dHist. Nat. xix. p. 422, 

 Hirundo gularis Steph. Gen. Zool. x. p. 99. 



Levaill. Ois. $Afr. t. 243. 



a. Europe. 



b. Cape of Good Hope. From the South African Museum. 



c. Madras. Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



2. CYPSELUS APUS. The common Swift. 



Hirundo apus Linn. S. N. i. p. 344. 



Apus ? Cuv. Reg. An. (1817) i. p. 373. 



Cypselus apus III. Prod. Mamm. fy Av. p. 230. ; Brehm, Vog. 



Deuts. i. p. 136. ; Yarrell, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 260. 

 Cypselus vulgaris Steph. Gen. Zool. x. p. 72. 

 Micropus murarius Meyer 8f Wolf, Tasch. Deut. i. p. 281. 

 Micropus apus Boie, Isis, (1844) p. 165. 

 Cypselus murarius Temm. Man. dOrn. (1815) p. 271. 

 Cypselus caffer Licht. Cat. Dupl. Berl. Mus. p. 68. 



PL enl. 242. f. 1. 



a. London. Presented by J. F. Stephens, Esq. 



b. Hampshire, female. Presented by Mr. G. L. Scott. 



c. Europe. Presented by M.-Gen. Hardwicke. 



d. Tunis. From Mr. Eraser's Collection. 



e. Cape of Good Hope. From the South African Museum. 

 /. Sternum, England. Presented by T. Ingall, Esq. 



