TACnOEIflS. / 9 



Sub-Family CYPSELIN^. 

 Genus TACHORNIS, Gosse. 



Manj- of the eggs of the Swifts of this genus exhibit a considerable 

 amount of gloss. 



Tachornis parvus (LicJU.). 



Cypselus pai-vus, Sharpe, ed. Zaynrd's Birds S. Africa, p. 94 (1875-84"). 

 Tachornis parva, Hartert, Cat. Hirds B. M. xvi. p. 463 (1892) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 154 (1899). 

 Tachornis parvus, Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 94 (1900). 



An egg of the Little African Palm-Swift in the Collection 

 measures '72 by ■46. 



1. East Africa {Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Tachornis balasiensis {J. E. Gray). 



Cypselus batassienais, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 322 (1878) ; Oates ed. Hume, 



Nests %■ Eggs Ind: Birds, ii. p. 25 (1890). 

 Tachornis batassiensis, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 466 (1892) ; 



Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 170 (1895). 

 Tachornis balasiensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 94 (1900). 



The eggs of the Palm-Swift measure from 'GS to -75 in length, 

 and from -42 to -48 in breadth. 



Tachornis infumatus {Sd.). 



Cypselus tectorum, Godw.-Aust. Journ. Asiat. Soe. Beng. xxxix. pt ii 



p. 94 (1870). 

 Cypselus infumatus, Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 27 



(1890). 

 Tachornis. infiimatus, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 467 (1893); 



Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 171 (1895); Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 154 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 94 (1900). 



The eggs of Sclater's Palm-Swift measure from -72 to -67 in 

 length, and from -47 to -42 in breadth. 



2. Garo Hills, Assam. Col. H. H. Godwin-Austin [C.]. 



3. Assam, 26th May. E. C. Stuiirt Baker, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Burma, 22nd March. W. KaddifFe Saunders, Esq. [P.]. 



