82 CYPSELID.E. 



Cypselus affinis, Gray $ Hardu\ 



Cypselus affinis, Beavan, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 375 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. 

 p. 591 (1874) ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 319 (1878); Oates ed. Hume, 

 Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 21 (1890) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., 

 Birds, iii. p. 168 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-L ii. p 96 (1900). 



Micropus affinis, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 453 (1892). 



The eggs of the Common Indian Swift measure from '78 to '9ti 

 in length, and from '51 to *61 in breadth. 



5. India. Crowley Bequest. 



41. Simla, Himalayas, 20th Aug. (A. Hume CoU. 



Hume). 



2. Dhurumsala, Kashmir, 17th April. Hume Coll. 



1. Kootub, near Delhi. Hume Coll. 



2. Delhi, 1 4th April ( C. T. Bingham) . Hume Coll. 

 1. Jodhpur. 3rd April. Hume Coll. 

 5. Etawah, 18th Feb. ( W. E. Brooks}. Hume Coll. 



3. Etawah, 27th May. Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, 23rd June. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 27th June ( W. E. Brooks : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Saugor, C, Provs., 16th July. Hume Coll. 



2. Barrackpur, Bengal (R. C. Bea- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



van). 



4. Ceylon, 13th June (A. L. Butler). Crowley Bequest. 



Cypselus subfurcatus, Blyih. 



Cypselus subfurcatus, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1867, p. 227 ; Oates, Birds Brit. 



Burm. ii. p. 2 (1883) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 169 



(1895) ; Baker, Ibis, 1896, p. 356 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 96 (1900). 

 Micropus subfurcatus, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 456 (1892) ; id. 



Nov. Zool. i. p. 674 (1894) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 153 



(1899). 



Four eggs of the White-rumped Black Swift in the Collection 

 measure respectively : '9 by -58 ; -85 by -56 ; -91 by '57 ; '85 

 by -6. 



3. Amoy, China (R. Swinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Amoy (Nehrkom CoU.). Crowley Bequest. 



Sub-Order TROCHILI. 

 Family TROCHILIDJE. 



The eggs of the Humming-birds are typically of an elongated 

 cylindrical shape, with the two ends quite similar, but some ex- 

 amples are of an elongated oval form. They are plain white and 

 entirely devoid of gloss. 



