CYPSELID.E. 371 



1813. Cypselus batassiensis. 



Cypselus balasiensis, Gray, Guv. Anim. Kingd. Griffith's Ed. 

 Aves, ii. p. 60. 



Cypselus batassienis, Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 180 : Scl. P. Z. S. 

 1865, p. 602. 



Cypselus palmarum, Gray, 111. Ind. Zool. pi. 35, f. 1. 



a Madras (T. C. Jerdon) 1845. b India ("Cypselus palma- 

 rum," E. Blyth} 1846. 



1814. Cypselus affinis. 



Cypselus affinis, Gray, 111. Ind. Zool. pi. 35, f. 2 : Jerd. B. 

 Ind. i. p. 177 : Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 603. 



a India (JV. C. Strickland} 1838. b India ("Cypselus affinis, 

 Gray," E. Blyth} 1844. 



Strickland's note (P. Z. S. 1846, p. 99) respecting the occurrence 

 of this species in Malacca refers to Cypselus subfurcatus, Blyth. 



1815. Cypselus phcenicobius, 



Tachornis phcenicobius, Gosse, B. of Jamaica, p. 58, et 111. B. 

 Jam. pi. 9. 



Cypselus phcenicobius, Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 604. 

 a Jamaica (P. H. Gosse} 1848. 



A typical specimen named in Mr Gosse's handwriting Tachornis 

 phoenicobia. In Strickland's copy of the 'Birds of Jamaica' I find the 

 following pencil note "a typical Cypselus" This accords with Mr 

 Sclater's view (1. s. c.). 



PANYPTILA. 



Panyptila, Cabanis, Arch. f. Naturg. xiii. p. 345 (1847). 

 1816. Panyptila cayennensis. 



Hirundo cayennensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 1024. 



Panyptila cayennensis, Cab. I. s. c. : Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 606. 



a (Bt at Birmingham) 1849. 



A species widely distributed in Tropical America. 



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