1865.] GENERA AND SPECIES OF CYPSELIDZ. 605 
“Builds in the hollows of the dried spathes of the Cocoa-nut 
Palm (Cocos nucifera), also on the plaited surface of the fronds of 
the Palmetto (Chamerops, sp.). Nest made of silk-cotton (Bombaz) 
and feathers”? (Gosse, /. c.). Mr. Marsh gives an interesting note 
on the recent change of habits in nesting in this species, in the 
* Proc. Acad. Se. Philad.’ 1863, p. 283. 
I have two Jamaican skins of this species, kindly presented to me 
by the Rey. J. M. Philippo of Spanish Town, but I have never com- 
pared them with Cuban skins, which are stated to be identical. 
14. CypseLus squamatus. (Pl. XXXIII.) 
Cypselus squamatus, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. vi. p. 369 (1853). 
C. marginipennis, Natt. MS. sp. no. 372. 
Supra eneo-niger, plumis subtiliter albo marginatis: subtus ob- 
scure albus, lateraliter nigricans, subalaribus fusco-nigris : 
cauda longa, profunde furcata : long. tota 5°4, ale 4:0, caude 
rectr. ext. 2°8, med. 1°2. . 
Hab. Cayenne (Mus. Brit.); British Guiana (Dr. Dalton); Brazil, 
Nas Furnas, and Riacho (June), Borba (winter months) (JVazz.). 
This species was first described by Mr. Cassin (/. c.), from speci- 
mens obtained by Dr. Dalton in British Guiana, although long pre- 
viously discovered by the late J. Natterer in Brazil. 
Natterer’s MS. notes concerning it, most obligingly communicated 
to me by Herr v. Pelzeln, are as follows :— 
«Nas Furnas, 13 June, 1823, four ex. obtained out of a flock 
of seven flying over a pool. Their flight is the same as that of other 
Swifts. Male, just completed moulting, iris dark brown; tarsus 
and toes reddish grey, covered sparingly with little feathers; claws 
reddish grey, with the tips darker; the deeply cleft tail consists of 
ten feathers, the outermost 2! 10!’ in length, the middle 13" shorter ; 
length 6! 1", expanse 10" 1!", the tail reaches 2!’ beyond the end 
of the wings. Apertures of the nostrils elongated, small, with ele- 
vated edges, placed close to the edge of the culmen, the apertures 
turned vertically upwards and forming a horizontal line. 
« A second ex. in moult, bill black ; length 5! 9'", expanse 9" 11", 
end of wings reaching 2!" beyond the outer tail-feathers ; outer tail- 
feathers 24", the medial ditto 14'" shorter. 
“This bird builds its nest in the beautiful hanging withered 
fronds of the Puriti Palm*. It is made of Pigeons’ feathers stuck 
together with gum+. The young must hold fast or they would fall 
out, since there is only a very small place hollowed out for them 
near the entrance. The nest is stuck on to the under side of the 
leaf near the stalk, and so protected from the rain. The eggs are 
white, two or three in number.” 
* In answer to an inquiry respecting this Palm, Dr. R. Spruce writes :—“ The 
Palm you ask about is doubtless Mauritia venifera, L., called Mauriti on the 
Amazon, but Buriti elsewhere in Brazil, if 1 may trust to Martius, although a 
German is apt to hear 4 or p for m in foreign languages.” 
+ No doubt the saliva of the bird itself, as in the case of other Cypselide.— 
P.L.S. 
