190 Mr. W. R. Offilvie-aiant on Birds 



Family CYPSELIDiE. 



CoUocalia wMteheadi. 



Collocalia lohiteheadi Ogilvie-Granf., Ibis, 1895, p. 459 ; 

 id. P. & P. p. 283 (1912) ; id. Ibis, 1913, p. 95 ; Roths. & 

 Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 491 (1913). 



a. c? . Parimau, Miinika River, 29th Nov. 1910. [No. 

 616, C. H. B. G.'] 



IHs dark brown ; bill black ; feet purple-brown. 



The occurrence of this large fork-tailed Swift in New 

 Guinea is of considerable interest. Meek also procured a 

 specimen on Mt. Goliath, 5000 ft. It was originally described 

 from the Philippine Islands from specimens procured by 

 Whitehead near the summit of Mt. Data, 8000 ft., North- 

 west Luzon ; it is also found in Palawan. 



It is easily distinguished from C. Icwi, the only other 

 species of this group approaching it in size, by havii.g the 

 tail distinctly forked and the tarsi entirely devoid of feathers. 

 C. lowl was described from Labuan, and is also found in 

 Borneo, Palawan, and Sumatra^ 



Collocalia fuciphaga vanikorensis. 



Collocalia fuciphaga Thunb. ; Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1895, 

 p. 461 [part.] ; van Oort, p. S2 (1909) ; Roths. & Hartert, 

 N. Z. XX. p. 491 (1913). 



CoUocalia fuciphaga vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaim.) ; Ober- 

 holser, P.U.S. Nat.Mus. 42. p. 19 (1912). 



a. (J . Tuaba River, 14th Sept. 1910. [No. 1168, G. C. S.-] 

 h-e. S ' Launch Camp, SetakWa River, 2nd & 3rd Nov. 

 1912, and 13th March, 1913. [C. B. K:\ 



Iris dark brown ; bill black; feet dusky brown. 

 Total length in the flesh 115 mm. ( = 4*5 inches^ 

 These examples of Collocalia from the coast region appear 

 to be referable to C. f. vanikorensis. They are much less 

 smoky-brown on the underparts than typical examples of 

 C. fuciphaga from Java. 



