TACHORXI3. 79 



Sub-Family CYPSELIN^. 

 Genus TACHORNIS, Gosse. 



Many of the eggs of the Swifts of this genus exhibit a considerable 

 amount of gloss. 



Tachornis parvus (Licht.). 



Cypselus parvus, Sharpe, ed. Laynrd's Birds S. Africa, p. 94 ( 1875-84 \ 

 Tachornis parva, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi.'p. 463 (1892); Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml, p. 154 (1899). 

 Tachornis parvus, Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 94 (1900). 



An egg of the Little African Palm-Swift in the Collection 

 measures '72 by '46. 



1. East Africa (Nehrkorn Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



Tachornis balasiensis (/. E. Gray}. 



Cvpselus batassiensis, Leqge, Birds Cei/lon, p. 322 (1878) ; Gates ed. Hume, 



Netts $ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 25 (1890). 

 Tachornis batassiensis, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 466 (1892) ; 



Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 170 (1895). 

 Tachornis balasiensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 94 (1900). 



The eggs of the Palm-Swift measure from '65 to '75 in length, 

 and from '42 to '48 in breadth. 



2. India. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Mirzapur, N.W. Provs., 18th Hume Coll. 



March (jR. Thompson}. 



4. Allahabad, 30th July (C. T. Hume Coll. 

 Binyhain}. 



2. Chupra, Bengal, 8th March. Hume Coll. 

 2. Chupra, 9th March. Hume Coll. 

 1. Chupra, 10th March. Hume Coll. 

 4. Chupra, llth March. Hume Coll. 



10. Chupra, 12th March. Hume Coll. 



4. Chupra, 13th March. Hume Coll. 



Tachornis infumatus (Sd.}. 



Cypselus tectorum, Godw.-Aust. Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xxxix pt ii 



p. 94 (1870). 

 Cypselus infumatus, Gates ed. Hume, Rests 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 27 



(1890). 

 Tachornis infumatus, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 467 (1892) ; 



Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 171 (]895); Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 154 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 94 (1900). 



The eggs of Sclater's Palm-Swift measure from -72 to -67 in 

 length, and from *47 to '42 in breadth. 



2. Garo Hills, Assam. Col. H. H. Godwin-Austin [C.]. 



3. Assam, 25th May. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Burma, 22nd March. W. liadcliffe Saunders, Esq. [P.]. 



