8 () CYPSELIDJE. 



Tachornis phoenicobius, Gosse. 



Tachornis phcenicobia, Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 08 (1847) ; Hartert, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xvi. p. 408 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 94 (1900). 



The eggs of the Jamaica Palm-Swift in the Collection measure 

 respectively : -68 by '45 ; -72 by -43 ; -66 by -43. 



3. Rae Town, Jamaica, loth June Crowley Bequest. 

 (C. B. Taylor). 



Genus CYPSELUS, llliger. 

 Cypselus melba (Linn.). 



llirimdo melba, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Too. tab. xlii. fig. 10, a, b 

 (1845-54). 



Cvpselus melba, Baedeker. Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 50. fig. 1 (1855-68); 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 603 (1874); Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 317 

 (1878) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 297^ pi. 18 (1884) ; Oates ed. 

 Hume, Nests $ Eyas Ind. Birds, iii. p. 20 (1890) ; B lanf. Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 164 (1895) ; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, 

 p. 162, pi. 48. tig. 3 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 95' (1900). 



Cvpselus alpinus, Hewitson, Egys of Brit. Birds, i. p. 269, pi. Ixv. fig. vi 

 (1856). 



Micropus melba, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 438 (1892). 



The eggs of the Alpine Swift measure from 1-09 to 1-3 in length, 

 and from '7 to *77 in breadth. 



1. Europe (Kjcerbolling). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Berne, Switzerland. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Berne (H. Saunders : Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Berne (H. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Berne Cathedral ( H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Berne Cathedral (H. &). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Berne Cathedral (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. St. Gothard (T. Kriiper). Seebohm Coll. 



1. St. Gothard (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Bernese Oberland. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Bernese Oberland. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, S. India Hume Coll. 



(Miss Cockburn). 



Cypselus apus (Linn.). 



Ilirundo apus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xlii. fig. 9, a, b (18-15-54). 

 Cypselus apus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 50. fig. 2 (1855-63) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 583 (1874) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. 



p. 292, pi. 18 (1884) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 161, pi. 48. fig. 2 



(1896); Sharpe, Hand-l ii. p. 95 (1900). 

 Cypselus murarius, Heiuitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 267, pi. Ixv. fig. v 



(1856). 

 Micropus apus, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 442 (1892). 



The eggs of the Common Swift measure from '94 to 1-1 in length, 

 and from -59 to -66 in breadth. 



2. Inverness-shire (Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Brandon, Northumberland. Salvin-Godman Coll. " 



