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CYPSELINiE. 



1. C. Apus (Linn.) PI. enl. 542. f. 1. — Cypselus murarius 

 Temm., Gould's B. of Eur. pi. 53. f. 1. 



2. C. cafer Licht. Cat. Dupl. Berl. Mus. No. 602. — Hirundo 

 Apus var. /3 Pall. 



3. C. Melba (Linn.) Cuv. Edwards's Birds, pi. 27., Gould's B. 

 of Eur. pi. 53. f. 2. — Hirundo alpina Scop. ; Cypselus alpinus 

 Temm. ; C. gutturalis Vieill. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 243. ; H. gu- 

 laris Steph. 



4. C. unicolor Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. pi. 83. 



5. C. vittatus Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. n. s. pi. 39. 



6. C. affinis Gray, 111. Ind.Zool.pl. 35. f. 2. — Cypselus nipalensis 

 Hodgs. 



7. C. Pygargus Temm. PI. col. 460. f. 1. 



8. C. balasinesis Gray, Griff. An. Kingd. ii. 60. — Cypselus pal- 

 marum Gray, 111. Ind. Zool. pi. 35. f. 1. 



9. C. velox (Vieill.) N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xiv. 533., Le Vaill. 

 Ois. d'Afr. t. 243. f. 2. 



10. C. pacificus (Lath.) Lamb. Icon. ined. 89. — Cypselus aus- 

 tralis Gould, B. of Austr. pi. 



11. C. sinensis (Gmel.) Cuv. 



12. ? C. parvus Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 268. 



13. C. andecolus D'Orb. Voy. dans l'Amer. Me'rid. Ois. t. 42. 

 f. 2. 



14. C. cayanensis (Gmel.) Temm. PI. enl. 725. f. 2. 



15. C. nigra (Gmel.) Briss. Orn. ii. t. 46. f. 3. 



16. C. . Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 244. f. 1. — Hirundo 



nigra Vieill. 



17. C. — 

 Lath. 



-. PI. enl. 725. f. 1. — Hirundo cinerea var. f. 



Macropteryx Szvains* 



Bill short, small, and depressed, with the culmen curved at the tip ; the nostrils basal, lateral, with the 

 openings placed on the sides of the culmen, longitudinal, and large. Wings lengthened, with the first 

 and second quills nearly equal and longest. Tail very long, and much forked. Tarsi shorter than the 

 middle toe, thick, and naked . Toes long, slender, and compressed ; armed with moderate, compressed, 

 and curved claws. 



These birds are inhabitants of India, the Eastern islands, and Africa. Their habits have been but little observed by 

 naturalists, though we may suppose that they are very similar to those of the common swift. They must, however, 

 possess a greater rapidity of flight, as their wings and tail are longer in proportion than those of any other genera of this 

 subfamily. They frequent the jungles, and are often observed to perch on bare and leafless trees. The typical species 

 is said to utter a loud parrot-like cry, while on the wing. 



1. M. Klecho (Raffl.) — C. longipennis Temm 

 Swains. Zool. Illustr. n. s. pi. 74. 



2. M. comatus (Temm.) PI. col. 268. 



PI. col. 83. f. 1., 



3. M. mystaceus (Less.) Swains. Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. Ois. t. 22. 



4. M. ? ambrosiacus (Linn.) Temm. PI. col. 460. f. 2. — Cyp- 

 selus parvus Licht. 



CoLLOCALIA.f 



Bill very small, depressed, with the culmen arched, and the sides gradually compressed to the tip ; 

 the nostrils basal, lateral, and placed in a membranous groove. Wings very long, with the second quill 

 the longest. Tail moderate and even, or slightly emarginated. Tarsi naked, slender, and longer than 

 the middle toe. Toes short, thick, and compressed, with the claws moderate and acute. 



The birds of this division are inhabitants of the islands of the Indian Archipelago, where they are observed flying 

 about in search of their food, in the manner of the common swift. They are, however, remarkable for the singularity of 

 their nests, which are composed of some gelatinous substance, apparently secreted in their large salivary glands. These 

 singular nests, which constitute an article in great request among the Chinese and Japanese epicures, are attached in 



* Established by Mr. Swainson, under the name of Macropterus, which he afterwards changed to the above form in 1832 : Pallestre of 

 M. Lesson (1837) is coequal. M. Boie informed me, when he was in England, that he had given the name of Dendrochelidon to this 

 division in 1828, but I have not yet succeeded in meeting with it in any work to which I have had access. 



j- Established by me in 1840 {List of Genera, §c. p. 8.). 



