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VII. PANYPTILA, Cab. 



(Hartert, Cat. B. rri. p. 461 ; id. Tierr. p. 83.) 



1. cayanensis (Gm.). (p. 461.) 



2. sancti-hieronymi, Salvin. (p. 462.) 



Colombia. Venezuela. 

 Guiana. Brazil. 



Guatemala. 



VIII. CYPSELUS, llliger. 



[Aput, Scopoli ; Hartert, Tierr. p. 83, 1897. 

 Micropus, Meyer & Wolf (nee Linn.) ; Hartert, Cat. B. 

 xvi. p. 437, 1892.] 



1. melba (Linn.), (p. 438.) 



2. africanus (Temm.). (p. 440.) 



3. willsi {Hartert, Nov. Zool. iii. p. 231, 1896). 



(Tierr. p. 85.) 



4. aequatorialis (v. Miill.). (p. 441.) 



5. niansse (Beichenow). (p. 459.) 



6. apus (Linn.), (p. 442.) 



7. acuticaudus, Myth. (p. 444, pt.) * 



8. pekinensis (Swinh,). (p. 444.) 



9. murinus (Brehm). (p. 446.) 



10. shelleyi (Salvad.). (p. 445, note.) 



S. Europe. N. Africa. 

 Himalayas to Assam. 

 S. India. Ceylon. 



S. Africa. 



B. & N.E. Africa. 



N.E. Africa. 

 Equatorial Africa. 



German East Africa 

 (Victoria Nyanza). 



Europe. 

 Africa (winter). 



Indian Peninsula. 



Persia. 

 N.W. India. 

 China. 



Madeira. Canary Is. 

 Mediterranean Countries, 



E. to Persia and N.W. 



India. 



N.E. Africa. 



* Mr. Hartert informs me that he has recently obtained evidence that Blyth's species 

 is distinct from C. pekinensis, and a paper on the subject will shortly appear in the 

 ' Novitates.' 



