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Birds of Burma. 



[No.l, 



The other known species of this genus within the Indian region are : — 



1. B. javanensis, Horsf. = P. cornutus, Tem.=.B. stellatus, Gould. 

 Malacca, Java, Borneo, Sumatra. 



2. B. affinis, Blyth=P. parvulus, Tem.=zB. castaneus, Hume. Borneo, 

 Malacca, Darjeeling. 



3. B. rnoniliger, Laj^ard^-Z?. punctatus, Hume. Ceylon, Malabar. 



4. B. stictopterus, Cab.=:Z?. stellatus, Gould, ap. Salvadori. Malacca, 

 Borneo. I have some doubts whether this is not a phase of B. javanensis. 

 In dimensions the two do not materially differ. The markings are similar, 

 but the colouring is dark rufous brown, and not chestnut. I have never met 

 with examples of this species, if it be one, or of B. javanensis in grey 

 speckled plumage. But grey examples of B. affinis and B. moniliger are as 

 common as rufous individuals. 



5. B. auritus, Gould. Malacca. In rufous-brown, or in grey plumage, 

 very common ; but I have never met with it in chestnut plumage.] 



Tribe CYPSELI. 



Fam. Cypselid83. 



Swifts. 



*163. AcAKTHYLIS GXOANTEA (J. 96). 

 Cypselus giganteus, Hasselt ; P.C. 364. 



Arakan, Tenasserim, Andamans, Pinang, Nilgiris, Ceylon. 

 [Tonghoo (X.). Chcetura indica, Hume, is synonymous.] 



164. Cypselus pacifictjs. 



Hirundo pacifica, Latham ; C. vittatus, Jardine and Selby, III. Orn. 2nd series, pi. 39 ; 

 C. australis, Gould. 



Upper Assam, Kachar, Tenasserim provinces, Pinang, China, Australia. 

 [ThayetMyo (0.).] 



*165. C. PALMAETJM (J. 102). 

 Pyan-hlwa, Mason. 



The common Indian Palm Swift abounds in the Indo-Chinese countries, 

 where also (though not hitherto detected within the limits of British Burma) 

 must needs also occur the allied C. infutnatus, Sclater ( C. tinus, Swinhoe ; 

 C. tectorum, Jerdon),* which inhabits the'Naga and Garo hills, was obtained 



* Ibis, 1871, pi. x. ; Gould, B. As. pt. xxiv. pi. 15. 



