CHINESE SWIFT. 

 (Cypselus sinensis.) 



Cy. fuscus subtus griseO'Ttifescens, pileo riifo, gula orhitisque 

 albis. 



Fuscous Swift, beneath greyish red, with the top of the head 



rufous ; the throat and orbits white. 

 Hirundo sinensis. Gmel, Syst. Nat* 1. 1021. — Lath, Ind, Orn. 



2. 583. 35. 



Le Grand Martinet de la Chine. Sonner. Voy, Ind, fl, I99. 

 Chinese Swift. Lath» Gen, Syn, 4. 586. 35. 



The Chinese Swift was first described by Sonne- 

 rat, in his Voyage to India : it is nearly a foot in 

 length: beak and irides blue grey: top of the head 

 pale rufous : hind parts of the head, back, wings, 

 and tail, brown: orbits of the eye white: super- 

 cilia brown, which colour passes backwards, and 

 blends into that of the hind part of the neck : throat 

 white: breast and belly pale rufous grey: legs 

 short, and of a blue grey colour : wings long : 

 tail forked, and as long as the wings. Inhabits 

 China. 



white-bellied swift. 

 (Cypselus melba.) 



Cy. griseoifuscuSf gula abdomineque albis. 

 Greyish-brown Swift, with the throat and abdomen white. 

 Hirundo Melba. Lin. Syst, Nat. 1. 345. 11. -^GmeL Syst. N(U. 



1. 1023. — Lath, Ind. Orn, 2. 582. 33. 

 Hirundo major hispanica. Briss. 2. 504. 11. 



