obtained iyi British East Africa. 625 
together with the smaller species with white throat. Stomach 
contained large numbers of living bees and beetles. 
[The above specimen belongs to the true C cequatorialis 
(wing 7*95), like Mr. Jacksou\s former Sotik examples (wing 
7*6-8'2)^ and not to the smaller C. niansce of Reichenow, 
which has a wing under 6 inches. — R. B. S.] 
302. CyPSELUS SHELLEYl. 
Cypsetus shelleyi Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) vi. p. 227 
(1888 : Shoa) ; Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 445, note 
(1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 95 (1900). 
Apus shelleyi Hartert,, Tierreich, Aves, Liefer, i. p. 86 
(1897). 
No. 225. S ad. Man, 7800 feet, Aug. 8, 1896. Bill 
black j feet brown ; iris brown. 
No. 877. S ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, Feb. 16, 1898. In 
flocks in the evening, together with Swallows. 
a. ? ad. Lake Naivasha, Sept. 10, 1898. 
[The differences between C. shelleyi and C. pekinensis are 
very slight, and the blunter termination to the outer tail- 
feathers is a scarcely perceptible character. — B. B. S.] 
303. Cypselus barbatus. 
Micropus barbatus (Scl.) ; Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. 
p. 447 (1892). 
Apus barbatus Hartert, Tierreich, Aves, Liefer, i. p. 86 
(1897). 
Cypselus barbatus Sharpe, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 96 (1900). 
Nos. 223, ? ; 224, S ad. Man, 7800 feet, Aug. 8, 1896. 
Bill black ; feet brown j iris brown. These specimens were 
shot out of one flock. 
No. 936. c^ ad. Kavirondo, 4500 feet, April 1, 1898. 
[The female from Mau has very broad black streaks on 
the throat, as in Cape specimens of C. barbatus, but the 
other two examples have very fine streaks. The abdominal 
feathers all have white margins. It seems to me to be by 
no means impossible that C. barbatus is only the young of 
C. apus after its first autumn moult, though Mr. Hartert 
thinks otherwise. In any case C barbatus is now found 
for the first time in East Africa. — B. B. S.] 
