82 ctpseudjE. 



C3rpselus affinis, Omy S,- Hardw. 



Cypaelus affinis, Beavan, P. Z, S. 1864, p. 375 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. ir. 

 p. 591 (1874) ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 319 (1878) ; Oates ed. Sume, 

 Nests §• Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 21 (1890) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., 

 Birds, iii. p. 168 (1892) ; Sharpe, Sand-l. ii. p 96 (1900). 

 Micropus affinis, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 453 (1892). 



• 

 The eggs of the Common Indian Swift measure from "78 to -911 

 in length, and from -51 to -Gl in breadth. 



5. India. Crowley Bequest. 



41. Simla, Himalayas, 20th Aug. (A. Hume Coll. 

 Hume). 



2. Dhurumsala,Kashmir, 17th April. Hume Coll. 



1. Kootub, near Delhi. Hume Coll. 



2. Delhi, 14th April ( C. T. Bingham). Hume Coll. 

 1. Jodhpur, 3rd April. Hume Coll. 

 5. Etawah, 18th Feb. ( W. E. Brooks). Hume Coll. 



3. Etawah, 27th May. Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, 23rd June. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 27th June ( W. E. Brooks : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 2. Saugor, 0. Provs., leth July. Hume Coll. 



2. Barrackpur, Bengal {JR. C. Bea- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



vari). 



4. Ceylon, 13th June (A. L.Butler). Crowley Bequest. 



Cypselus subfurcatus, Blyth. 



Cypselus subfurcatus, Stainhoe, Ibis, 1867, p. 227 ; Oates, Birds Brit. 



Burm. ii. p. 2 (1883) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 169 



(1896) ; Baker, Ibis, 1896, p. 356 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 96 (1900). 

 Micropus subfurcatus, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 456 (1892) ; id. 



Nov. Zool. i. p. 674 (1894) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 153 



(1899). 



Four eggs of the White-rumped Black Swift in the Collection 

 measure respectively : -9 by -.58 ; -85 by -56 ; -91 by -57 • -85 

 by -6. 



3. Amoy, China (B. &omAoe). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Amoy (Nehrkorn Coll.): Crowley Bequest. 



Sub-Order TROCHILI. 

 Family TROCHILID^. 



The eggs of the Humming-birds, are typically of an elongated 

 cylindncal shape, with the two ends quite similar, but some ex- 

 amples are of an elongated oval form. They are plain white and 

 entirely devoid of gloss. 



