ORDER PASSERES. 59 



The white bellied Swift of Latham. The greatest 

 Martin. Edw. F. 27- The Hir. scopol. Micropus 

 Alpinus of Meyer, and Cyp. Alpinus of Tem. forms 

 the variety C. Alpinus Africanus of Vail. O. A. 

 243. 



Chinese Swift, Hirundo Sinensis. Gm. 



Brown ; beneath, greyish red ; crown red ; throat and 

 orbits white. China. 



H. Leucothea. Vaill. Ap. 244. 1. 



Black ; sides of rump white. Cape of Good Hope. 



H. Velocc. Vaill. Afr. 244. 2. 



Blue black, beneath white; tail forked. South 

 Africa. 



Cypselus mystaceus. Less, et Gam. Zool. de la 

 Coquille. F. 22. 



Head, tail, and back, blue black ; whiskers, above and 

 below the eye, white ; neck, chest, back, and abdomen, 

 brownish slate ; wing and tail coverts white. New 

 Guinea. 



Cyp. comatus. Tem. PI. col. 268. 



Green bronze ; wings and tail blue, cheeks ochraceouaf 

 red, with two white whiskers above and below the eye ; 

 crest of long feathers. Sumatra. 



Cyp. longipennis. Tem. PI. col. 83. f. 1. Hir. 

 Klecho. Horsf. 



Green black ; beneath, ash coloured. Java. 



The above species are admitted by the Baron. The 

 following have been named. . 



